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пышет
什么 shénme
I. what [ʰwɒt] ADJ
1. what [表示疑问]:
what
什么 shénme
What colour do you like?
你喜欢什么颜色？
2. what [表示感叹、惊讶等]:
what
多么 duōme
What lovely babies!
多可爱的宝宝啊!
3. what:
what
尽量多的 jǐnliàng duō de
Show me what stamps you have.
把你所有的邮票都给我看看吧。
II. what [ʰwɒt] PRON
1. what:
what
什么 shénme
I don't know what to say.
我不知该说什么。
2. what:
what
所…的事物 suǒ…de shìwù
What matters is your attitude.
重要的是你的态度。
III. what [ʰwɒt] INTERJ
what
[表示惊讶、气愤等] 什么 shénme
What, he lied?
什么，他说了谎？
what [ʰwɒt]
what for
为何目的 wèi hé mùdì
what for
为什么 wèishénme
What are you going there for?
你去那干什么？
what if
如果…会怎样 rúguǒ…huì zěnyàng
What if she doesn't like our present?
她要是不喜欢我们的礼物怎么办？
what is more [or what's more]
而且 érqiě
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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)
what is more [or what's more]
而且 érqiě
what for
为何目的 wèi hé mùdì
So what?
那又怎样？ nà yòu zěnyàng ?
what if
如果…会怎样 rúguǒ…huì zěnyàng
Well, what happened then was ...
嗯，然后发生的事就是…
Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)
This is a celebration of what really can happen for every school in the country and beyond - every hospital, every old people's home, every business.
www.dailymail.co.uk
I took the announcement matter-of-factly, although wondering what it could be all about.
opinion.inquirer.net
He reaches twice with his right hand toward what appears to be an inside pocket of his jacket.
www.wnd.com
If one wanted to know what the conditions were like in a battery chicken farm, they are easy to discover.
news.nationalpost.com
The method of brandishing the eye-glass was usually a forerunner of what sort of retort was coming.
en.wikipedia.org

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