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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 什么是
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
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List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 4,867 | 2,507 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 什 | shén | - what |
| 什 | shí | - ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) - assorted - miscellaneous |
| 幺 | yāo | - surname Yao |
| 幺 | yāo | - youngest - most junior - tiny - one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) - one or ace on dice or dominoes - variant of 吆[yao1], to shout |
| 么 | má | - exclamatory final particle |
| 么 | ma | - interrogative final particle |
| 么 | me | - suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc |
| 么 | me | - variant of 麼|么[me5] |
| 是 | shì | - to be (followed by substantives only) - correct; right; true - (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well - (adverb for emphatic assertion) |
| 是 | shì | - variant of 是[shi4] |
Other Words Containing 什么是
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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