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Usages of shénme
你 叫 什么 名字？nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?
What is your name?
这 是 什么？zhè shì shénme?
What is this?
您 好，您 叫 什么 名字 呢？nín hǎo,nín jiào shénme míngzi ne?
Hello, what is your name?
你 在 做 什么？nǐ zài zuò shénme?
What are you doing?
这 是 什么 意思？zhè shì shénme yìsi?
What does this mean?
今天 银行 门口 没 什么 人。Jīntiān yínháng ménkǒu méi shénme rén.
There aren’t many people at the bank entrance today.
他 说 自己 的 旅游 计划 跟 别人 说 什么 没 有 关系， 只 跟 自己 的 兴趣 有 关系。tā shuō zìjǐ de lǚyóu jìhuà gēn biérén shuō shénme méi yǒu guānxi, zhǐ gēn zìjǐ de xìngqù yǒu guānxi.
He says his travel plans have nothing to do with what other people say, only with his own interests.
你 觉得 有 什么 办法 解决 这 个 问题 吗？nǐ juéde yǒu shénme bànfǎ jiějué zhè gè wèntí ma?
Do you think there is any way to solve this problem?
上 大学 以前， 他 常常 跟 我 讨论 自己 想 学 什么 专业。shàng dàxué yǐqián, tā chángcháng gēn wǒ tǎolùn zìjǐ xiǎng xué shénme zhuānyè.
Before going to university, he often discussed with me what major he wanted to study.
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