什 shén
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 十 ten, tenth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
什么样
shénmeyàng
what kind of
Characters in this word
样 yàng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 你要什么样？ Nǐ yào shénmeyàng? What kind do you want?
- 他是什么样？ Tā shì shénmeyàng? What is he like?
- 什么样都好。 Shénmeyàng dōu hǎo. Any kind is fine.
Related words
- 干什么 gànshénme what for? what are you doing?
- 没什么 méishénme it's nothing, never mind
- 什么 shénme what
- 为什么 wèishénme why
- 怎么 zěnme how; why
- 多么 duōme how very
- 那么 nàme so; that much
- 怎么办 zěnmebàn what to do
- 怎么样 zěnmeyàng how; how about
- 这么 zhème so; this much
- 一样 yíyàng the same, alike
- 那样 nàyàng like that; that way