啥 (shà) — (colloquial, dialectal) what
Definition
啥 (shà) is a casual, mostly northern-Chinese spoken equivalent of 什么 — used in everyday questions like 啥时候 / 吃啥. Avoid in writing or formal speech.
pronoun
(colloquial, dialectal) what
Examples
- 啥？Zhè shì shà?What is this?
- 啥？Nǐ xiǎng chī shà?What do you want to eat?
- 啥？shà Shí hou chū fā?What time do we set off?
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