shén​me​shì

What's the matter?

  • created reference approved 什么事/什麼事 → 关/關 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    什么事 / 什麼事 shén​me​shì

    关 / 關 guān

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 什么事/什麼事 · shén​me​shì · What's the matter? — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    什么事 / 什麼事

    shén​me​shì

    What's the matter?

    Used as a question to ask what is happening, what is up, or if something is wrong.

    什么 (literal) → 什么/什麼 · shén​me · what 事 (literal) → 事 · shì · matter

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 什么事/什麼事 · shén​me​shì · no matter what — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    什么事 / 什麼事

    shén​me​shì

    no matter what

    Used in a statement to mean whatever happens or regardless of what the issue is.

    什么 (literal) → 什么/什麼 · shén​me · whatever 事 (literal) → 事 · shì · matter

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 什么事/什麼事 · shén​me​shì · what business it is of — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    什么事 / 什麼事

    shén​me​shì

    what business it is of

    Used in rhetorical questions to ask what business a situation is of a specific person (e.g., in the pattern [[关|關|guan1]] + {person} + shén me shì)

    什么 (literal) → 什么/什麼 · shén​me · what 事 (literal) → 事 · shì · responsibility

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense