Definition
啥 is a colloquial, dialectal variant of 什么 (what), commonly used in Northern China and in informal speech. It functions exactly like 什么 as an interrogative pronoun, appearing in questions about things, actions, or time. You'll hear it in everyday conversation, but it's less common in formal writing.
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(colloquial, dialectal) what
Examples
- 啥?Zhè shì shà?What is this?
- 啥?Nǐ xiǎng chī shà?What do you want to eat?
- 啥?shà shíhou chūfā?What time do we set off?
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