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什

shén/shí

what

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Ancient forms

2 forms
  1. Bamboo & silkQin
  2. Small sealQin–Han

Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

Meaning

shén as in 什么 shen2
  1. what
shí as in 什器 shi2
  1. ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc)
  2. assorted
  3. miscellaneous

How often each reading is used

530 uses in 527 example sentences on this site

Example sentences

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