什么东西 Pronunciation and Pinyin
什么东西 Usage and Examples
What?
What is it?
What on earth?
你有没有闻到什么东西烧焦了？
Can you smell something burning?
什么东西惊扰了那只栖息的鸟。
Something disturbed the bird on its roost.
The characters in 什么东西
Stroke OrderMore words starting with 什
- shén什me么What
- shén什me么yě也nothing, anything
- shén什me么yě也méi没xiě写Nothing was written, Wrote nothing
- shén什me么yě也méi没jué决dìng定Nothing has been decided, Nothing is decided
- shén什me么yě也méi没tīng听dào到Heard nothing, Didn't hear anything
- shén什me么yě也kàn看bu不qīng清Can't see anything., Nothing is visible.
- shén什me么shì事What's up?, What is it?
- shén什me么shì事qing情What's the matter?, What's happening?
- shén什me么shì事qing情dōu都Anything, Everything
- shén什me么shì事gù故What accident, What's the accident
- shén什me么shì事dōu都bāng帮Always helpful, Helps with everything
- shén什me么rén人Who; what kind of person.
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Open the tool →Questions about 什么东西
What does 什么东西 mean in Chinese?
什么东西 (shén me dōng xi) means “What?, What is it?, What on earth?”.
How do you pronounce 什么东西?
什么东西 is pronounced shén me dōng xi in Mandarin Chinese.
How do you say “What?” in Chinese?
“What?” is 什么东西 (shén me dōng xi) in Chinese.
How is 什么东西 used in a sentence?
This page has 2 example sentences using 什么东西, each with pinyin and an English translation.