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shén me shì
phr. what matter, what thing, what incident; what's the matter
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Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
EXAMPLES
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fā shēng le shén me shì ? wǒ men guò qu kàn kan ba !
phr. What happened? Let's go to have a look.
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ní yǒu shén me shì ?
phr. What do you want? What's up?
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yǒu shén me shì má
phr. Do you need anything (to be done)?; What is it?
使​?
使​?
shén me shì huì shí nǐ kāi xīn ?
phr. What incidents will make you happy?
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chū shén me shì le ?
phr. What happened? What's the matter?