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什 shén what?

A person (亻 rén person) presents a menu with ten (十 shí ten) different dishes and asks what one would like to eat.

Variants: 什什.

New character and 400 most important characters.
什么	shénme		what?, suffix	what?, what kind of?, any	_
什么地方	shénme dìfāng		what?, suffix, earth, square	where?	_
什么人	shénme rén		what?, suffix, person	what kind of person?	_
什么时候	shénme shíhòu		what?, suffix, time, wait	when?	_
为什么	wèishén me		for, what?, suffix	because of what?, why?	_
在什么时候	zàishén meshí hòu		at, what?, suffix, time, wait	when, at which time	_

New character and 800 most important characters.
什么事	shénme shì		what?, suffix, thing	What's the matter?, What happened?	_
什么事儿	shénme shìér		what?, suffix, thing, child	what matter?	_

New character and 2000 most important characters.
凭什么	píngshén me		based on, what?, suffix	on which (legal) grounds?	_