Why not?
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什么
Traditional: 什麼
shén me
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shén me · sam6 mo1 (Jyutping)
- what?
- something; anything
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Character breakdown
什
- Meaning
- file of ten soldiers; mixed, miscellaneous
- Radical
- 亻
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- ⿰亻十
- Cangjie
- OJ
- Four-corner
- 2420.0
么
- Meaning
- interrogative particle; small
- Radical
- 丿
- Strokes
- 3
- Components
- ⿱丿厶
- Cangjie
- HI
- Four-corner
- 2073.2
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Example sentences
What is it?
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