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甚麼
  sam6 mo1   jyutping
  shen2 me5   pinyin
[1] what? ; what!
[2] something; anything; nothing
[3] such as; and so on; things like

pronoun

Level: 2   Google Frequency: 12,800,000

This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
甚麼 / 什么

This word has been viewed 4920 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by aaron on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 24th Jul 2010 04:37
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Characters in this word:

 sam6  -  extremely; exceed; what
 mo1  -  (suffix)

5 compounds containing this word:

為甚麼 - why
甚麼的 - and so forth, etc.
沒甚麼 - nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; not very
甚麼是 - what is...?
甚麼時候 - when ?

Showing all 3 examples containing 甚麼
detail 甚麼喜歡
I like to eat everything.
[literally: "I like to eat whatever"]
detail 你的鞋子甚麼牌子 ?
What brand are your shoes?
detail 生性好奇, 甚麼事情研究一番
He is born curious and likes to look into every single thing.

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:


detail  sam6 mo1  shen2/she2 me5 = what


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