so-and-so; certain people
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplespronoun
so-and-so; used for people whose names need not be mentioned or are not specified
Reduplication of 谁, used in informal contexts to refer to specific people whose identities are obvious to the speaker or unimportant to specify.
Xiāng乡
qīn亲
men们
chuán传
shuō说
zhe着
shéi～
shéi立
lì了
le大
dà功
，
gōng～
shéi当
shéi了
dāng英
le雄
。
The villagers were telling stories about so-and-so who performed great deeds and so-and-so who became a hero.
Tīng听
shuō说
shéi～
shéi家
jiā的
de儿
ér子
zi考
kǎo上
shàng了
le名
míng牌
pái大
dà学
。
I heard that so-and-so's son got into a famous university.
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Huì会
shàng上
shéi～
shéi发
fā了
le言
，
yán～
shéi投
shéi了
tóu反
le对
fǎn票
，
duì反
piào正
fǎn大
zhèng家
dà都
jiā知
dōu道
zhī了
。
At the meeting so-and-so spoke, and so-and-so voted against it—anyway, everyone already knew who did what.