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 | 什么 | | shénme | 代 | | | 1 [before a noun or by itself] what: | | | 什么时候啦？ What time is it? | | | 什么叫超现实主义？ What is surrealism? | | | 你找什么？ What are you looking for? | | | 你找什么人？ Who are you looking for? | | | 她喜欢做什么工作？ What sort of job would she like to take? | | | 什么风把你吹来的？ What fortunate breeze blew you here? |
| 2 something; anything: | | | 我想吃点儿什么。 I want something to eat. | | | 没有什么，您不必介意。 Never mind, it's nothing. | | | 你读过他的什么作品吗？ Have you read any of his books? | | | 我讲不出什么新鲜玩意儿。 There won't be anything new in my story. | | | 种什么花结什么果。 As the flower so the fruit. |
| 3 [before 也 or 都] any; every: | | | 他什么都不怕。 He's afraid of nothing. | | | 经理正忙着，什么人也不见。 The manager is too busy to see anybody. | | | 时间比什么都宝贵。 Time is more precious than anything else. |
| 4 [used correlatively with another 什么] whatever: | | | 有什么，咱们就吃什么。 We'll eat whatever we can find. | | | 我有什么说什么，绝对没有保留。 I'll just say what's on my mind, withholding nothing. |
| 5 [expressing anger, surprise, censure or negation]: | | | 什么！ 没有水？ What! No water? | | | 他知道什么！ What the hell does he know? | | | 你说的是什么话！ You're talking sheer nonsense! | | | 笑什么？ 有什么可笑的？ What's so funny? | | | 你说呀！ 装什么哑巴？ Speak up! Stop playing dumb. | | | 你嚷嚷什么！ 有话好好儿地对她说嘛。 Stop shouting! Speak to her nicely. |
| 6 [expressing disapproval or disagreement]: | | | 什么不懂！ 装糊涂就是了。 What do you mean—not understand? You're just pretending. | | | 年轻什么呀，我都五十多了。 Young indeed! I'm past 50 already. | | | 给您添麻烦了！ —— 麻烦什么！ Sorry to have troubled you. —It's nothing. |
| 7 things like; such as; and so on; and what not: | | | 什么缝缝补补，洗洗涮涮，都是奶奶的事儿。 In our house it's Grandma who does all the sewing, mending, washing and what not. | | | 什么乒乓球啊，羽毛球啊，篮球啊，他都会玩。 He can play table tennis, badminton, basketball, anything. |
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