shì
shén
me
rén
 
 
lái
gàn
shén
me
Who the hell are you? What are you doing here?
= ni + Ø3
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])
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shì = sh + Ø4
shì = sh + Ø4
to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)
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who? / what (kind of) person?
what? / something / anything
shén = sh + (e)n2
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shí = sh + Ø2
ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous
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= m + a2
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ma = m + a5
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suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc
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yāo = y + ao1
yāo = y + ao1
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
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rén = r + (e)n2
person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
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lái = l + ai2
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what are you doing? / what's he up to?
gān = g + an1
old variant of 乾|干[gan1]
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gān = g + an1
gān = g + an1
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield
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gàn = g + an4
tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed
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gān = g + an1
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder
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