什 shén

什 (shén) is a Chinese character with 4 strokes, taught at HSK level 1. This page gives its meaning, the words it appears in, and characters at the same level.

Meaning

什 means what in English.

Meanings in 13 languages

English	what
Spanish	qué
Portuguese	que
French	quoi
German	was
Italian	cosa
Russian	что
Arabic	ماذا
Hindi	क्या
Indonesian	apa
Vietnamese	gì
Japanese	なに
Korean	무엇

Stroke order

Stroke-order animation for this character: open the writing tool with 什 loaded.

Words containing 什

• 什么 shénme — what
• 什么时候 shénme shíhou — when
• 为什么 wèishénme — why
• 你叫什么名字？ nǐ jiào shénme míngzi? — what is your name?
• 你说什么？ nǐ shuō shénme? — what did you say?

Characters at the same level