| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 什 | 什 | shén | - what |
| 何 | 何 | hé | - what - how - why - which - carry |
| 孰 | 孰 | shú | - who - which - what |
| 曷 | 曷 | hé | - why - how - when - what - where |
| 甚 | 甚 | shèn | - what - very - extremely - any |
| 如何 | 如何 | rúhé | - how - what way - what |
| 屁 | 屁 | pì | - fart - flatulence - nonsense - (usu. in the negative) what - (not) a damn thing |
| 话 | 話 | huà | - dialect - language - spoken words - speech - talk - words - conversation - what sb said - CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1] |
| 任凭 | 任憑 | rènpíng | - no matter what - despite - to allow (sb to act arbitrarily) |
| 何在 | 何在 | hézài | - where? - what place? |
| 何如 | 何如 | hérú | - how about - what kind of |
| 何妨 | 何妨 | héfáng | - what harm is there in (doing sth) |
| 何干 | 何干 | hégān | - what business? |
| 何所 | 何所 | hésuǒ | - where - what place |
| 何故 | 何故 | hégù | - what for? - what's the reason? |
| 何等 | 何等 | héděng | - what kind? - how, what - somewhat |
| 何许 | 何許 | héxǔ | - (literary) what place - what time - how |
| 何谓 | 何謂 | héwèi | - (lit.) what is? - what is the meaning of? |
| 前事 | 前事 | qiánshì | - past events - antecedent - what has happened |
| 口风 | 口風 | kǒufēng | - meaning behind the words - what sb really means to say - one's intentions as revealed in one's words - tone of speech |
| 可惜 | 可惜 | kěxī | - it is a pity - what a pity - unfortunately |
| 多咱 | 多咱 | duōzan | - (dialect) when? - what time? - whenever |
| 多么 | 多麼 | duōme | - how (wonderful etc) - what (a great idea etc) - however (difficult it may be etc) - (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) - to what extent |
| 实况 | 實況 | shíkuàng | - live (e.g. broadcast or recording) - what is actually happening - scene - the real situation |
| 尊意 | 尊意 | zūnyì | - (honorific) your respected opinion - What do you think, your majesty? |
| 尾生 | 尾生 | WěiShēng | - Wei Sheng (legendary character who waited for his love under a bridge until he was drowned in the surging waters) - sb who keeps to their word no matter what |
| 干嘛 | 幹嘛 | gànmá | - what are you doing? - whatever for? - why on earth? |
| 几时 | 幾時 | jǐshí | - what time? - when? |
| 几点 | 幾點 | jǐdiǎn | - what time? - when? |
| 心劲 | 心勁 | xīnjìn | - thoughts - what one has in one's heart |
| 心得 | 心得 | xīndé | - what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) - knowledge - insight - understanding - tips - CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] |
| 怎的 | 怎的 | zěnde | - what for - why - how |
| 所得 | 所得 | suǒdé | - what one acquires - one's gains |
| 所思 | 所思 | suǒsī | - what one thinks |
| 所想 | 所想 | suǒxiǎng | - what one considers - one's thoughts |
| 所料 | 所料 | suǒliào | - expectation - what one anticipates |
| 所为 | 所為 | suǒwéi | - what one does - doings |
| 所知 | 所知 | suǒzhī | - known - what one knows |
| 所闻 | 所聞 | suǒwén | - heard - what one hears |
| 所能 | 所能 | suǒnéng | - according to one's capabilities - what sb is capable of |
| 所见 | 所見 | suǒjiàn | - seen - what one sees |
| 所谓 | 所謂 | suǒwèi | - so-called - what is called |
| 所长 | 所長 | suǒcháng | - what one is good at |
| 搞毛 | 搞毛 | gǎomáo | - (dialect) what are you doing? - what the hell? |
| 根底 | 根底 | gēndǐ | - foundation - grounding - background - what lies at the bottom of sth - root - cause |
| 标的 | 標的 | biāodì | - target - aim - objective - what one hopes to gain |
| 机宜 | 機宜 | jīyí | - guidelines - what to do (under given circumstances) |
| 死活 | 死活 | sǐhuó | - life or death - fate - no matter what - anyway - for the life of me |
| 糟糕 | 糟糕 | zāogāo | - too bad - how terrible - what bad luck - terrible - bad |
| 胸臆 | 胸臆 | xiōngyì | - inner feelings - what is deep in one's heart |
| 旧观 | 舊觀 | jiùguān | - former appearance - what it used to look like |
| 虚实 | 虛實 | xūshí | - what is true and what is false - (to get to know) the real situation |
| 见闻 | 見聞 | jiànwén | - what one sees and hears - knowledge - information |
| 言行 | 言行 | yánxíng | - words and actions - what one says and what one does |
| 言谈 | 言談 | yántán | - discourse - words - utterance - what one says - manner of speech |
| 言辞 | 言辭 | yáncí | - words - expression - what one says |
| 识货 | 識貨 | shíhuò | - to know what's what |
| 贵姓 | 貴姓 | guìxìng | - what is your name? |
| 贵干 | 貴幹 | guìgàn | - (polite) your business - what brings you? |
| 哪门子 | 哪門子 | nǎménzi | - (coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what - what kind - why on earth |
| 好意思 | 好意思 | hǎoyìsi | - to have the nerve - what a cheek! - to feel no shame - to overcome the shame - (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) |
| 干什么 | 幹甚麼 | gànshénme | - what are you doing? - what's he up to? |
| 心里话 | 心裡話 | xīnlihuà | - (to express one's) true feelings - what is on one's mind - secret mind |
| 怎么了 | 怎麼了 | zěnmele | - What's up? - What's going on? - What happened? |
| 所发现 | 所發現 | suǒfāxiàn | - discovered - what one discovers |
| 什么样 | 甚麼樣 | shénmeyàng | - what kind? - what sort? |
| 骨子里 | 骨子裡 | gǔzilǐ | - what sb feels (or knows etc) in his bones (derog.) - private understanding between individuals (derog.) |
| 鬼才信 | 鬼才信 | guǐcáixìn | - who would believe it! - what rubbish! |
| 不痛不痒 | 不痛不癢 | bùtòngbùyǎng | - lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom); sth is wrong, but not quite sure what - fig. not getting to any matter of substance - scratching the surface - superficial - perfunctory |
| 不识高低 | 不識高低 | bùshígāodī | - can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what |
| 何去何从 | 何去何從 | héqùhécóng | - what course to follow - what path to take |
| 取长补短 | 取長補短 | qǔchángbǔduǎn | - lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius) - to use this in place of that - what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts |
| 孰真孰假 | 孰真孰假 | shúzhēnshújiǎ | - what is true and what is fake |
| 怎么得了 | 怎麼得了 | zěnmedéliǎo | - how can this be? - what's to be done? - what an awful mess! |
| 怎么搞的 | 怎麼搞的 | zěnmegǎode | - How did it happen? - What's wrong? - What went wrong? - What's up? |
| 意下如何 | 意下如何 | yìxiàrúhé | - how about it? - what do you think? |
| 成何体统 | 成何體統 | chénghétǐtǒng | - What a scandal! - Whatever next? |
| 所见所闻 | 所見所聞 | suǒjiànsuǒwén | - what one hears and sees (idiom) |
| 收之桑榆 | 收之桑榆 | shōuzhīsāngyú | - to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom); to compensate later for one's earlier loss - what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts |
| 有何贵干 | 有何貴幹 | yǒuhéguìgàn | - What (noble errand) brings you here? - May I help you? - What can I do for you? |
| 转眼便忘 | 轉眼便忘 | zhuǎnyǎnbiànwàng | - what the eye doesn't see the heart doesn't miss (idiom) |
| 何乐而不为 | 何樂而不為 | hélèérbùwéi | - What can you have against it? (idiom) - We should do this. - Go for it! |
| 媳妇熬成婆 | 媳婦熬成婆 | xífùáochéngpó | - lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom) - fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor - what goes around comes around |
| 所见即所得 | 所見即所得 | suǒjiànjísuǒdé | - What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) |
| 眼不见为净 | 眼不見為淨 | yǎnbùjiànwéijìng | - what remains unseen is deemed to be clean - what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom) |
| 都什么年代了 | 都什麼年代了 | dōushénmeniándàile | - What decade are you living in? - That's so out-of-date! |
| 卑之，毋甚高论 | 卑之，毋甚高論 | bēizhī,wúshèngāolùn | - my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion - what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary |
| 卑之，无甚高论 | 卑之，無甚高論 | bēizhī,wúshèngāolùn | - my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion - what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary |
| 眼不见，心不烦 | 眼不見，心不煩 | yǎnbùjiàn,xīnbùfán | - what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom) |
| 什么风把你吹来的 | 什麼風把你吹來的 | shénmefēngbǎnǐchuīláide | - What brings you here? (idiom) |
| 失之东隅，收之桑榆 | 失之東隅，收之桑榆 | shīzhīdōngyú,shōuzhīsāngyú | - to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom); to compensate later for one's earlier loss - what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts |
| 己所不欲，勿施于人 | 己所不欲，勿施於人 | jǐsuǒbùyù,wùshīyúrén | - What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects) - Do as you would be done by. - Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you. |
| 葫芦里卖的是什么药 | 葫蘆裡賣的是什麼藥 | húlulǐmàideshìshénmeyào | - what has (he) got up (his) sleeve? - what's going on? |
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