Word: 什麼 (shénme)

你看到什麼拿什麼。

Nǐ kàndào shénme ná shénme.

What you see is what you get.

你真正的目標是什麼？

Nǐ zhēnzhèng de mùbiāo shì shénme?

What's your real goal?

你著什麼急？

Nǐ zhe shénme jí?

What's worrying you?

你知不知道那是什麼？

Nǐ zhī bù zhīdào nà shì shénme?

Do you even know what that is?

你知道什麼？

Nǐ zhīdào shénme?

What do you know?

你知道他們什麼時候到嗎？

Nǐ zhīdào tāmen shénme shíhou dào ma?

Do you know when they will arrive?

你知道他想做什麼嗎？

Nǐ zhīdào tā xiǎng zuò shénme ma?

Do you know what he wants to do?

你知道他說了什麼嗎？

Nǐ zhīdào tā shuōle shénme ma?

Do you know what he said?

你知道你想做什麼嗎？

Nǐ zhīdào nǐ xiǎng zuò shénme ma?

Do you know what you want to do?

你知道發生了什麼事情嗎？

Nǐ zhīdào fāshēngle shénme shìqing ma?

Do you know what happened?

你知道她什麼時候會來嗎？

Nǐ zhīdào tā shénme shíhou huì lái ma?

Do you know when she will come?

你知道她喜歡什麼顏色嗎？

Nǐ zhīdào tā xǐhuan shénme yánsè ma?

Do you know what color she likes?

你知道我在做什麼嗎？

Nǐ zhīdào wǒ zài zuò shénme ma?

Do you know what I'm doing?

你知道是什麼原因嗎？

Nǐ zhīdào shì shénme yuányīn ma?

Do you know the reason?

你確定你沒有忘記什麼嗎？

Nǐ quèdìng nǐ méiyǒu wàngjì shénme ma?

Are you sure you haven't forgotten anything?

你笑什麼呢？

Nǐ xiào shénme ne?

What are you laughing at?

你給了他什麼？

Nǐ gěi le tā shénme?

What was it that you gave him?

你給他買了什麼？

Nǐ gěi tā mǎile shénme?

What did you buy him?

你給你兒子起什麼名字？

Nǐ gěi nǐ érzi qǐ shénme míngzi?

What did you name your son?

你能告訴我這是什麼嗎？

Nǐ néng gàosu wǒ zhè shì shénme ma?

Can you tell me what this is?

你能猜到我有什麼嗎？

Nǐ néng cāi dào wǒ yǒu shénme ma?

Can you guess what I have?

你能猜到那之後發生了什麼嗎？

Nǐ néng cāi dào nà zhīhòu fāshēngle shénme ma?

Can you guess what happened next?

你能給我看看你買了些什麼嗎？

Nǐ néng gěi wǒ kànkan nǐ mǎile xiē shénme ma?

Can you let me see what you bought?

你能記起來的最後一件事是什麼？

Nǐ néng jì qǐlai de zuìhòu yí jiàn shì shì shénme?

What's the last thing you remember?

你要買什麼，那個商店有什麼。

Nǐ yào mǎi shénme, nàge shāngdiàn yǒu shénme.

Whatever you want to buy, that shop has it.

你要做什麼？

Nǐ yào zuò shénme?

What are you going to do?

你要吃什麼？

Nǐ yào chī shénme?

What do you want to eat?

你要我們做什麼？

Nǐ yào wǒmen zuò shénme?

What did you want us to do?

你要我做什麼我就做什麼！

Nǐ yào wǒ zuò shénme wǒ jiù zuò shénme!

I'll do whatever you want!

你要是有什麼想說的話，就說嘛。

Nǐ yàoshi yǒu shénme xiǎng shuō dehuà, jiù shuō ma.

If you've got something to say, say it.

你覺得對此該做什麼？

Nǐ juéde duì cǐ gāi zuò shénme?

What do you think should be done about it?

你覺得我之前在做什麼？

Nǐ juéde wǒ zhīqián zài zuò shénme?

What do you think I've been doing?

你覺得我跟他說了些什麼呢？

Nǐ juéde wǒ gēn tā shuōle xiē shénme ne?

What do you think I told him?

你覺得這兒發生了什麼呢？

Nǐ juéde zhèr fāshēngle shénme ne?

What do you think came to pass here?

你認為她喜歡什麼顏色？

Nǐ rènwéi tā xǐhuan shénme yánsè?

What color do you think she likes?

你認為這是什麼？

Nǐ rènwéi zhè shì shénme?

What do you suppose this could be?

你記得她說了什麼嗎？

Nǐ jìde tā shuōle shénme ma?

Do you remember what she said?

你記得這裡去年發生了什麼事嗎？

Nǐ jìde zhèlǐ qùnián fāshēngle shénme shì ma?

Do you remember what happened here last year?

你說你叫什麼名字？

Nǐ shuō nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?

What did you say your name was?

你說得你好像什麼都知道似的。

Nǐ shuō de nǐ hǎoxiàng shénme dōu zhīdào shìde.

You talk as if you knew everything.

你說的是什麼？

Nǐ shuō de shì shénme?

What are you talking about?

你跟你的老板說什麼了？

Nǐ gēn nǐ de lǎobǎn shuō shénme le?

What did you tell your boss?

你還發現什麼了？

Nǐ hái fāxiàn shénme le?

What else have you figured out?

你還想買什麼？

Nǐ hái xiǎng mǎi shénme?

What else do you want to buy?

你還有什麼事情需要我去做的嗎？

Nǐ háiyǒu shénme shìqing xūyào wǒ qù zuò de ma?

Is there anything else you want me to do?

你還有什麼別的想知道的嗎？

Nǐ háiyǒu shénme biéde xiǎng zhīdào de ma?

Is there anything else you want to know?

你還有什麼想說的？

Nǐ háiyǒu shénme xiǎng shuō de?

Is there anything else you want to say?

你還有什麼需要嗎？

Nǐ háiyǒu shénme xūyào ma?

Do you need anything in addition?

你還看到了什麼？

Nǐ hái kàndàole shénme?

What else did you see?

你還需要什麼呢？

Nǐ hái xūyào shénme ne?

What else will you need?

你這些年在做什麼？

Nǐ zhèxiē nián zài zuò shénme?

What have you been doing these last few years?

你問了什麼？

Nǐ wèn le shénme?

What did you ask?

你問她什麼了？

Nǐ wèn tā shénme le?

What was it you asked her?

你需要茶或者別的什麼嗎？

Nǐ xūyào chá huòzhě biéde shénme ma?

Would you like tea or something?

信的內容是什麼？

Xìn de nèiróng shì shénme?

What is the letter about?

做了很多，又什麼都沒做。

Zuòle hěn duō, yòu shénme dōu méi zuò.

We did a lot, but got nothing done.

做點什麼吧！

Zuò diǎn shénme ba!

Do something!

兄弟，你到底姓什麼啊？

Xiōngdì, nǐ dàodǐ xìng shénme a?

Bro, what's your last name?

公園里發生了什麼？

Gōngyuán lǐ fāshēngle shénme?

What happened in the park?

關於新的環保政策，你有什麼看法？

Guānyú xīn de huánbǎo zhèngcè, nǐ yǒu shénme kànfǎ?

What's your opinion on the new environmental policy?

關於計劃他什麼也不知道。

Guānyú jìhuà tā shénme yě bù zhīdào.

He doesn't know anything about the plan.

關於那個你有什麼看法？

Guānyú nàge nǐ yǒu shénme kànfǎ?

What do you think about it?

關鍵不在穿什麼，而是怎麼穿。

Guānjiàn bú zài chuān shénme, érshì zěnme chuān.

It's not what you wear, it's how you wear it.

準確是什麼時候？

Zhǔnquè shì shénme shíhou?

When exactly?

憑什麼讓我們走？

Píng shénme ràng wǒmen zǒu?

Who says you can make us leave?

剛剛發生了什麼？

Gānggang fāshēngle shénme?

What just happened?

別問我這是什麼東西！

Bié wèn wǒ zhè shì shénme dōngxi!

Don't ask me what it was.

到底發生了什麼事。

Dàodǐ fāshēngle shénme shì.

What actually happened?

醫生對你說了什麼？

Yìshēng duì nǐ shuōle shénme?

What did the doctor say to you?

發生了什麼事嗎？

Fāshēngle shénme shì ma?

Did something happen?

只有她們自己明白她們在說什麼。

Zhǐyǒu tāmen zìjǐ míngbai tāmen zài shuō shénme.

Only they themselves understand what they say.

可以相信他到什麼程度？

Kěyǐ xiāngxìn tā dào shénme chéngdù?

To what extent can he be trusted?

向我解釋清楚你在做什麼。

Xiàng wǒ jiěshì qīngchu nǐ zài zuò shénme.

Explain to me what you're doing there.

告訴我什麼時候開始。

Gàosu wǒ shénme shíhou kāishǐ.

Tell me when to start.

告訴我他說了什麼。

Gàosu wǒ tā shuōle shénme.

Tell me what he said.

告訴我們發生了什麼事。

Gàosu wǒmen fāshēngle shénme shì.

Tell us about what happened.

告訴我你在湘南做了什麼。

Gàosu wǒ nǐ zài Xiāng Nán zuòle shénme.

Tell me what you did in Shounan.

告訴我你對湘南做了什麼。

Gàosu wǒ nǐ duì Xiāng Nán zuòle shénme.

Tell me what you did to Shounan.

告訴我你手裡有什麼。

Gàosu wǒ nǐ shǒulǐ yǒu shénme.

Tell me what you have in your hand.

告訴我你要什麼。

Gàosu wǒ nǐ yào shénme.

Tell me what you want.

告訴我發生了什麼事。

Gàosu wǒ fāshēngle shénme shì.

Tell me what happened.

告訴我發生什麼事。

Gàosu wǒ fāshēng shénme shì.

Please tell me what happened.

告訴我，我還剩下什麼？

Gàosu wǒ, wǒ hái shèngxià shénme?

Tell me, what else do I have left?

告訴我拿它做什麼。

Gàosu wǒ ná tā zuò shénme.

Tell me what to do with it.

告訴我該做什麼。

Gàosu wǒ gāi zuò shénme.

Tell me what to do.

哦，這是什麼？

Ó, zhè shì shénme?

Oh, what is this?

哲學是什麼？

Zhéxué shì shénme?

What is philosophy?

在你面前是什麼東西？

Zài nǐ miànqián shì shénme dōngxi?

What's in front of you?

在吃什麼呢？

Zài chī shénme ne?

What are you eating?

在埃及說什麼語言？

Zài Āijí shuō shénme yǔyán?

What language is spoken in Egypt?

在您的國家說什麼語言？

Zài nín de guójiā shuō shénme yǔyán?

What languages are spoken in your country?

在笑什麼呢？

Zài xiào shénme ne?

What are you laughing at?

在這麼冷的地方做什麼？

Zài zhème lěng de dìfāng zuò shénme?

What are you doing in a freezing place like this?

在這種情況下，他們該做什麼？

Zài zhèzhǒng qíngkuàng xià, tāmen gāi zuò shénme?

What should they do in this situation?

大家在說什麼啊？

Dàjiā zài shuō shénme a?

What are you all talking about?

她不知道該和他說些什麼。

Tā bù zhīdào gāi hé tā shuō xiē shénme.

She didn't know what to say to him.

她什麼也沒說！

Tā shénme yě méi shuō!

She didn't say anything!

她什麼時候到家？

Tā shénme shíhou dào jiā?

When will she get home?

她什麼時候去？

Tā shénme shíhou qù?

At what time is she going?

她什麼時候回家？

Tā shénme shíhou huíjiā?

When will she go home?