shá = sh + a2
dialectal equivalent of 什麼|什么[shen2 me5] / also pr. [sha4]
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How to pronounce 啥

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= sh initial

Sh is for Sherlock Holmes.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ a2 final

In the ashram’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

啥 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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shě = sh + e3
to give up / to abandon / to give alms
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shè = sh + e4
surname She
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shě = sh + e3
old variant of 捨|舍[she3]
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shè = sh + e4
residence
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shě = sh + e3
to give up; to abandon / to give alms
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Characters with 啥 as component

啥 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 啥

(dialect) what
dialectal equivalent of 沒什麼|没什么[mei2 shen2 me5]
dialectal equivalent of 為什麼|为什么[wei4 shen2 me5]

Sentences with 啥

啥 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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shá

dialectal equivalent of 什麼|什么[shen2 me5] / also pr. [sha4]

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