"什麼" meaning in Japanese

See 什麼 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: 什麼 [canonical] (ruby: 什麼(どんな)), donna [romanization]
Etymology: Orthographic borrowing from Mandarin 什麼／什么 (“what”). Etymology templates: {{obor|ja|cmn|什麼|t=what}} Orthographic borrowing from Mandarin 什麼／什么 (“what”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adjective|どんな}} 什麼(どんな) • (donna)
  1. (rare) what Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-什麼-ja-adj-dJqywNBs Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 49 0 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 0 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 46 0 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 0 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 0 0 0

Character

Etymology: Orthographic borrowing from Mandarin 什麼／什么 (“what”). Etymology templates: {{obor|ja|cmn|什麼|t=what}} Orthographic borrowing from Mandarin 什麼／什么 (“what”)
  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-什麼-ja-character-47DEQpj8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 0 0 0

Pronoun

IPA: [ĩmːo̞] Forms: 什麼 [canonical] (ruby: 什(いん), 麼(も)), inmo [romanization]
Etymology: From spoken Middle Chinese 恁麼／恁么 (nyim^X muɑ, “what?”, archaic). The spelling shifted to include the Chinese synonym 什麼／什么 (modern Mandarin reading of shénme), while keeping the inmo reading for 恁麼／恁么 (rènme), instead of the expected reading for 什麼. Imported into Japanese by Zen monks who had studied in China. Generally restricted to use by Zen practitioners. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=いんも}} Middle Chinese, {{cog|zh|-}} Chinese, {{cog|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{lang|ja|什麼}} 什麼 Head templates: {{ja-pos|pronoun|いんも}} 什(いん)麼(も) • (inmo)
  1. (rare) what Tags: rare
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 0 0 0
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          "text": "若し僕にアリバイが出来なかったとしたら、僕等は什麼恐ろしい結果になっていたか知れない",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) what"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "什麼"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 什麼 meaning in Japanese (5.9kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "什麼"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "什麼",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "什麼"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "什麼",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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