什
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样

What kind? in Chinese: 什么样 (shén me yàng)

shén me yàng

what kind?

HSK 3.0 Level 2Traditional: 什麼樣1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1what kind?; what sort?

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什
么
样

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄣˊ

shén

ㄕ/ shㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

˙ㄇㄜ

me

˙/ neutral toneㄇ/ mㄜ/ e

ㄧㄤˋ

yàng

ㄧ/ iㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

什么样

Simplified

什麼樣

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 你想买什么样的衣服？

    nǐ xiǎng mǎi shén me yàng de yī fu？

    What kind of clothes do you want to buy?

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Related words

样

yàng

manner

什么

shén me

what?

怎么

zěn me

how?

多么

duō me

how (wonderful etc)

一样

yī yàng

same

样子

yàng zi

appearance

样式

yàng shì

type

那么

nà me

like that

那样

nà yàng

that kind

同样

tóng yàng

same

怎样

zěn yàng

how

这么

zhè me

so much

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