Characters
Vocabulary
什么shénme
what?; something; anything
什么样shénmeyàng
what kind?; what sort?
什么鬼shénmeguǐ
(coll.) what the hell?; what on earth? (expression of confusion, disbelief or annoyance)
什么人shénmerén
who?; what (kind of) person?
什么事shénmeshì
What's up?; Is something the matter?; (coll.) (used in rhetorical questions of the form 关 (guān) + {person} + 什么事 (shénmeshì) "what business is it of {person}'s?; what's it to {person}?")
什么的shénmede
and so on; and so forth; and what not
什么地方shénmedìfang
somewhere; someplace; where
什么时候shénmeshíhou
when?; at what time?
什么好说shénmehǎoshuō
sth pertinent to say