dialectal: who; which person
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplespronoun
who; which person (dialectal variant of 谁)
dialectA regional dialectal form used in various Chinese topolects (particularly in southern and central varieties) as an emphatic or stylistic variant of the standard Mandarin 谁. Frequently appears in literary representations of regional speech or in older colloquial texts.
Shéi谁
gè个
bù不
fú服
tā他
？
Who doesn't submit to him?
Cǐ此
shì事
shéi谁
gè个
bù不
zhī知
，
shéi谁
gè个
bù不
xiǎo晓
？
Who doesn't know about this matter, and who is unaware of it?
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Nǐ你
zhǎo找
shéi谁
gè个
shuō说
huà话
？
Who are you looking to speak with?
Cūn村
lǐ里
shéi谁
gè个
bù不
xiǎo晓
de得
tā他
de的
běn本
shi事
？
Who in the village doesn't know of his abilities?