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CHINESE CHARACTER

shéi

谁

谁

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who

Numbered pinyin
shei2
English meanings
who, someone, anyone

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 讠; right 隹.

Meaning & sound clues

讠 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “speech”.

隹 is identified as the sound component (zhuī). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 谁.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰讠隹

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

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Example sentences

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  1. 01

    nǐ你shì是shéi谁?

    Who are you?

  2. 02

    shéi谁lái来le了?

    Who's coming?

  3. 03

    zhè这běn本shū书shì是shéi谁de的?

    Whose book is this?

  4. 04

    shéi谁bāng帮nǐ你zuò做de的?

    Who helped you do it?

  5. 05

    wǒ我bù不rènshi认识shéi谁。

    I don't know anyone.

  6. 06

    shéi谁xiān先dào到shéi谁yíng赢。

    Whoever arrives first wins.

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  • 谁知道