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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 什么的

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
什么的 shén me de - and so on; and so forth; and what not

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
- - 2,828 3,594 1,295

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shén- what
shí- ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc)
- assorted
- miscellaneous
yāo- surname Yao
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
- exclamatory final particle
ma- interrogative final particle
me- suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc
me- variant of 麼|么[me5]
de- of; ~'s (possessive particle)
- (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
- (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
- (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one")
- also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
- a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1shi4])
- really and truly
- (bound form) bull's-eye; target

Other Words Containing 什么的

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
什么的 - - 2,828 3,594 1,295