什麼
ChineseEdit
| tenth (used in fractions) | dimi. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (什麼/甚麼/什麽/甚麽) | 什/甚 | 麼/麽 | |
| simp. (什么) | 什 | 么 | |
PronunciationEdit
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄇㄜ˙
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenr.mhe
- IPA (key): /ʂən³⁵ mə³/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ ㄇㄜ˙
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sher.mhe
- IPA (key): /ʂɤ³⁵ mə³/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: sam6 mo1
- Yale: sahm mō
- Cantonese Pinyin: sam6 mo1
- IPA (key): /sɐm²² mɔː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sím-mih
- Tâi-lô: sím-mih
- Phofsit Daibuun: symmiq
- IPA (Taipei): /ɕim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miʔ³²/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miʔ³²/
- (Hokkien)
PronounEdit
什麼
- (interrogative) what
- something; anything; whatever
- (when used two time in a sentence) whatever
- (used to express surprise or anger) what
- (used before an enumeration) thing like; such as; and so on; and what not
- (used to express disapproval, disagreement)
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JapaneseEdit
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 什 | 麼 |
| いん Hyōgaiji |
も Hyōgaiji |
| Irregular | |
EtymologyEdit
From spoken Middle Chinese 恁麼 (nyimX muɑ, “what?”, archaic, literally “think + something tiny and insignificant”).[1] The spelling shifted to include the Chinese synonym 什麼 (modern Mandarin reading of shénme), while keeping the inmo reading for 恁麼, instead of the expected shūma reading for 什麼.
Imported into Japanese by Zen monks who had studied in China.[1] Generally restricted to use by Zen practitioners.[2]
PronunciationEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronounEdit
什麼 (hiragana いんも, romaji inmo)
- (rare) what
Usage notesEdit
Generally followed by the possessive particle の (no) and used as an adnominal, with a meaning of what kind of.
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9