shú
  1. who
  2. which
  3. what

CEDICT

  1. Original form of (shú).
  2. emphatic or interrogative pronoun
  3. what; what else; whatever
  4. which; which one (what among the explicitly or implicitly mentioned)
  5. who; whoever; whomever

Wiktionary

  1. 成熟本字
  2. 什麼

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什麼人 shénmerén
  1. who?
  2. what (kind of) person?
我什麼人都沒看見。

I didn't see anybody.

I didn't see anyone.

Source: Tatoeba

何人 rén who
世界上任何人的独自活动,都是清醒而目标明确的,然而一旦被生活的洪流聚在一起,就变得混沌不清了。

All individuals in the world act with clear goals and distinct intentions. But once these actions are brought together by the great torrents of life, clarity recedes and chaos ensues.

Everyone in the world starts off with goals set out and a clear purpose. But once these are jumbled up by the torrents of life, everything descends into chaos.

Source: Tatoeba

shéi
  1. who
  2. also pr. shuí
谁在听?

Who is listening?

Source: Tatoeba

阿誰 āshuí who
哪些 xiē
  1. which ones?
  2. who?
  3. what?
哪些是汤姆的?

Which are Tom's?

Source: Tatoeba

哪個 ge
  1. which
  2. who
哪个是我的?

Which is mine?

Source: Tatoeba

něi which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)
你去哪站?

Which station are you going to?

Source: Tatoeba

哪一個 ge which
哪一個最簡單?

Which one is easier?

Source: Tatoeba

  1. how
  2. which
你去哪站?

Which station are you going to?

Source: Tatoeba

nèn
  1. to think
  2. this
  3. which?
  4. how? (literary)
  5. Taiwan pr. rèn
  1. what
  2. how
  3. why
  4. which
  5. carry
你對此有何看法?

What are your thoughts on this?

What do you think of this?

What do you think about this?

Source: Tatoeba

乜嘢 miē what? (Cantonese) (Mandarin equivalent: 什麼 shénme)
shén what
這做什麽?

What does this do?

Source: Tatoeba

什麼 shénme
  1. what?
  2. something; anything
搞什么

What's up?

Source: Tatoeba

哪門子 ménzi
  1. (coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what
  2. what kind
  3. why on earth
啥子 sházi (dialect) what
(coll.) what?
您在家吗

Are you home?

Source: Tatoeba

  1. (literary) what?
  2. where?
  3. why?
怎麼著 zěnmezhāo
  1. what?
  2. how?
  3. how about?
  4. whatever
  5. also pr. zěnmezhe
納尼 (Internet slang) what? (loanword from Japanese なに nani)
miē
  1. used in 乜斜 miēxie
  2. (Cantonese) what?
  1. used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 ǎnhōng
  2. (Tw) (coll.) what?
這事嘛

So this is the thing.

Source: Tatoeba

多麼 duōme
  1. how (wonderful etc)
  2. what (a great idea etc)
  3. however (difficult it may be etc)
  4. (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc)
  5. to what extent
多麼冷啊!

How cold it is!

Source: Tatoeba

怎麼 zěnme
  1. how?
  2. what?
  3. why?
怎么会有

Why would there be?

Source: Tatoeba

恁麼 rènme
  1. (old) this way
  2. what?
蝦米 xiā
  1. small shrimp; dried, shelled shrimps
  2. (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. siánn-mih, equivalent to Mandarin 什麼 shénme)
á
  1. interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer
  2. Eh?
  3. what?
哇啊啊啊⋯

Waaaa...

Source: Tatoeba

èn
  1. (nonverbal grunt as interjection)
  2. OK, yeah
  3. what?
嗯,可以。

That does it.

Source: Tatoeba

如何
  1. how
  2. what way
  3. what
你如何减压?

How do you relieve stress?

Source: Tatoeba

  1. fart
  2. flatulence
  3. nonsense
  4. (usu. in the negative) what
  5. (not) a damn thing
有话就说,有屁就放。

Speak your mind.

Source: Tatoeba

  1. why
  2. how
  3. when
  4. what
  5. where
  1. non-Han people, esp. from central Asia
  2. reckless
  3. outrageous
  4. what?
  5. why?
  6. to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written )
志明真的很扯,每次打麻將都胡最後一把。

Chih-ming’s insane — he always wins the last round in mahjong.

Source: Tatoeba