啥體

See also: 啥体

Chinese

(dialect) what
body; form; style
body; form; style; system
 
trad. (啥體)
simp. (啥体)

Etymology

Short for 啥事體啥事体 (“what thing”).

Pronunciation


  • Wu
    • (Northern: Shanghai)
      • Wugniu: 5sa--thi
      • MiniDict: sa thi
      • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 2sa--thi
      • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sa³³ ⁵⁵ tʰi²¹/

Pronoun

啥體 (Shanghainese)

  1. what (of actions or events)
    啥體 [Shanghainese, trad.]
    啥体 [Shanghainese, simp.]
    6non 5tsu 5sa--thi [Wugniu]
    What are you doing?/What's the matter with you?
  2. how come; why; what for
    天空啥體藍顏色 [Shanghainese, trad.]
    天空啥体蓝颜色 [Shanghainese, simp.]
    1thi-khon 5sa--thi 6zy 6le-nge-seq-gheq-neq [Wugniu]
    How come the sky is blue?
  3. anything

Synonyms