什么

什麼

shénme

pronoun HSK 1 #17

Meanings

HSK 1

你叫什么名字？

Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?

What's your name?

HSK 1

你在做什么？

Nǐ zài zuò shénme?

What are you doing?

HSK 3

什么时候出发？

Shénme shíhou chūfā?

When do we leave?

grammar

什么 stays in the same position as the answer would be - no need to move it to the front of the sentence like in English: 你吃什么？我吃面条。

usage

什么都 means 'anything/everything': 他什么都吃 'He eats everything.' 什么都不 means 'nothing': 我什么都不知道 'I don't know anything.'

什 shén

么 me