Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 什

ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc)
assorted
miscellaneous

what

fine verse

Uchturpan nahiyisi (Uqturpan county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區／阿克苏地区 ( Akèsūdìqū), west Xinjiang

Nash (surname)

utensils
furniture

(food) assorted
mixed
assortment

Osh (city in Kyrgyzstan)

Bush (name)
George H.W. Bush (1924-2018), US president 1988-1992
George W. Bush (1946-), US President 2000-2008

what?
something; anything

Binche (Belgian city)

poem

Tongshi, Hainan

mixed vegetables

Kashgar or Qeshqer (Kāshí) city and prefecture in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan

Shifang, county-level city in Deyang 德陽／德阳 ( Déyáng), Sichuan

various kinds of everyday utensils

Shia (a movement in Islam)

Uchturpan nahiyisi (Uqturpan county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區／阿克苏地区 ( Akèsūdìqū), west Xinjiang

János (Hungarian name)

Shifang, county-level city in Deyang 德陽／德阳 ( Déyáng), Sichuan

dogfish (loanword)

why?
for what reason?

variant of 勞什子／劳什子 (láoshízi)

Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes

Ingushetia, republic in southwestern Russia

encumbrance
burden
that awful thing (colloquial)
nuisance

Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan

(dialect) nuisance
pain

Ørsta (city in Norway)

Shia sect (of Islam)

Qeshqer Shehiri (Kashgar city) in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan

and so on; and so forth; and what not

(spoken) why?
for which reason?

what kind?; what sort?

what?
which?

who?
what (kind of) person?

what are you doing?
what's he up to?

it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind
think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome

Bushehr Province of southern Iran, bordering on the Persian Gulf
Bushehr, port city, capital of Bushehr Province

Atush or Artux city and county in Qizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州／克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州 ( Kèzīlèsū Kē'ěrkèzī Zìzhìzhōu)
Atushi city near Kashgar in Xinjiang

Wushitala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 ( Bāyīnguōléng Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang

Kashmir

lìshímànbìng

leishmaniasis (medicine)

Nàshíwéi'ěr

Nashville, capital of Tennessee

méiyǒushénme

it is nothing
there's nothing ... about it

Atush or Artux city in Qizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州／克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州 ( Kèzīlèsū Kē'ěrkèzī Zìzhìzhōu)
Atushi city near Kashgar in Xinjiang

Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan

Pashtu (one of the languages of Afghanistan)

Marrakech (city in Morocco)

Farkas (Hungarian name)

Atush or Artux County in Qizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州／克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州 ( Kèzīlèsū Kē'ěrkèzī Zìzhìzhōu)

when?; at what time?

shíjǐnguǒpán

mixed fruit salad

Qeshqer wilayiti, Kashgar or Kāshí prefecture in west Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan

Xīngdū Kùshí

the Hindu Kush (mountain range)

Cavendish (name)
Henry Cavendish (1731-1810), English nobleman and pioneer experimental scientist

shénmehǎoshuō

sth pertinent to say

Kashgar or Qeshqer (Chinese Kashi) in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan

Kǎobōshíbǎo

Kaposvár in southwest Hungary, capital of Somogy County 紹莫吉州／绍莫吉州 ( Shàomoji Zhōu)

shíyīfèngxiàn

tithing

Kèshíkèténg

Hexigten banner or Kesigüten khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰 ( Chìfēng), Inner Mongolia

somewhere
someplace
where

Bōshéngélún

Porsgrunn (city in Telemark, Norway)

surname Ashrawi
Hanan Daoud Khalil Ashrawi (1946-), Palestinian scholar and political activist

Jiūmóluóshí

Kumarajiva c. 334-413, Buddhist monk and translator of Zen texts

Ashénhābādé

阿什哈巴德

[阿什哈巴德]

Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan

Wūshítǎlāxiāng

乌什塔拉乡

[烏什塔拉鄉]

Wushitala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 ( Bāyīnguōléng Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang

Kèshíkèténgqí

克什克腾旗

[克什克騰旗]

Hexigten banner or Kesigüten khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰 ( Chìfēng), Inner Mongolia

Xīn Hǎnbùshí'ěr

新罕布什尔

[新罕布什爾]

New Hampshire, US state

Bā'ěrkāshí Hú

巴尔喀什湖

[巴爾喀什湖]

Lake Balkhash in southeast Kazakhstan

Bù'ěrshíwéikè

布尔什维克

[布爾什維克]

Bolshevik

Lāshíkǎ'ěr Jiā

拉什卡尔加

[拉什卡爾加]

Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province in south Afghanistan

Aì'ěrmǐtǎshí

艾尔米塔什

[艾爾米塔什]

Ermitazh or Hermitage museum in St Peterburg

Sàkǎshíwéilì

萨卡什维利

[薩卡什維利]

Mikheil Saakashvili (1967-), Georgian politician, president of Georgia 2004-2013

Lāshímò'ěr Shān

拉什莫尔山

[拉什莫爾山]

Mt Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota

Pǔlǐshídìnà

普里什蒂纳

[普里什蒂納]

Pristina, capital of Kosovo 科索沃

Kēshítúníchá

科什图尼察

[科什圖尼察]

surname Kostunica
Vojislav Kostunica (1944-), Serbian politician, last president of Yugoslavia 2000-2003, prime minister of Serbia 2004-2008

阿什哈巴特

[阿什哈巴特]

Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan (Tw)

Tǎshíkù'ěrgānxiāng

塔什库尔干乡

[塔什庫爾干鄉]

Taxkorgan township in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區／喀什地区 ( Kāshídìqū), west Xinjiang

dōushénmeniándàile

都什么年代了

[都什麼年代了]

What decade are you living in?
That's so out-of-date!

Bākòng Kèshímǐ'ěr

巴控克什米尔

[巴控克什米爾]

Pakistan administered Kashmir

Xīn Hǎnbùshí'ěrzhōu

新罕布什尔州

[新罕布什爾州]

New Hampshire, US state

Kǎlāshíníkēfū

卡拉什尼科夫

[卡拉什尼科夫]

Kalashnikov (the AK-47 assault rifle)

Wūshítǎlā Huízúxiāng

乌什塔拉回族乡

[烏什塔拉回族鄉]

Wushitala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 ( Bāyīnguōléng Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang

méiyǒushénmebùkěnéng

没有什么不可能

[沒有什麼不可能]

nothing is impossible
there's nothing impossible about it

Tǎshíkù'ěrgān Zìzhìxiàn

塔什库尔干自治县

[塔什庫爾干自治縣]

Taxkorgan Tajik autonomous county (Tashqurqan Tajik aptonom nahiyisi) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區／喀什地区 ( Kāshídìqū), west Xinjiang

shénmefēngbǎnǐchuīláide

什么风把你吹来的

[什麼風把你吹來的]

What brings you here? (idiom)

húlulǐmàideshìshénmeyào

葫芦里卖的是什么药

[葫蘆裡賣的是什麼藥]

what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?
what's going on?

dàoshénmeshānshàng,chàngshénmegē

到什么山上，唱什么歌

[到什麼山上，唱什麼歌]

lit. whatever mountain one is on, one should sing its songs (idiom)
fig. when in Rome, do as the Romans do

línzidàle,shénmeniǎodōuyǒu

林子大了，什么鸟都有

[林子大了，什麼鳥都有]

it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)

Tǎshíkù'ěrgān Tǎjíkè Zìzhìxiàn

塔什库尔干塔吉克自治县

[塔什庫爾干塔吉克自治縣]

Taxkorgan Tajik autonomous county (Tashqurqan Tajik aptonom nahiyisi) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區／喀什地区 ( Kāshídìqū), west Xinjiang