in English

shí
ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous
shén
what

Stroke order

Le caractère 什 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 什 Show the animation

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

  • "你为什么不去?""因为我不想去。"

    "Why aren't you going?" "Because I don't want to."

  • “为什么你不来?”“因为我不想。”

    "Why aren't you going?" "Because I don't want to."

  • “你什么时候回来?”“这都要看天气。”

    "When will you come back?" "It all depends on the weather."

  • “你的汽车是什么牌子的?”“是一辆福特。”

    "What make is your car?" "It is a Ford."

  • “您想买什么?”“我想买条狗。”

    "What would you like to buy?" "I would like to buy a dog."

  • “我该做什么呢?”我自言自语道。

    "What shall I do?" I said to myself.

  • “洞里发生了什么?我很好奇。”“我一点也不知道。”

    "What's going on in the cave? I'm curious." "I have no idea."

  • “这”和“那”有什么区别?

    What is the difference between this and that?

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