谁

Who in Chinese: 谁 (shéi)

shéi

who

HSK 1Traditional: 誰2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1who
  2. 2also pr. [shuí]

Stroke order

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谁

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄟˊ

shéi

ㄕ/ shㄟ/ eiˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

谁

Simplified

誰

Traditional

Example sentences

See 谁 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 那人是谁？

    nà rén shì shuí？

    Who is that person?

  • 我不等谁。

    wǒ bù děng shuí。

    I'm not waiting for anyone.

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Related words

谁知道

shéi zhī dào

God knows...

水

shuǐ

water

水果

shuǐ guǒ

fruit

睡觉

shuì jiào

to go to bed

说话

shuō huà

to speak

四

sì

four

岁

suì

variant of 岁, year

他

tā

he

她

tā

she

太

tài

highest

天气

tiān qì

weather

听

tīng

to listen to

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