谁 (誰) shéi

1. shéi pronoun who; whoever
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: Not forming a question, in the sense of 任何人 (Guoyu '誰' pronoun 2; XHZD '谁' 2)
2. shéi pronoun who (forming a question)
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Interrogative Pronoun 疑问代词
   Notes: 谁 may be used as an interrogative pronoun in both modern and Literary Chinese, replacing the constituent to form a question (Norman 1988, p. 119; Sun 2006, loc. 1866). It could be used either as the subject or the object in Literary Chinese. It is placed before the verb, even when referring to the object (Guoyu '誰' pronoun 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 91; Unihan '誰'; XHZD '谁' 1).
3. shéi adverb don't tell me ...
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 难道 (Guoyu '誰' adv)

Contained in

• 今晚谁当家(今晚誰當家) Jinwan Shei Dang Jia
• 爱谁谁(愛誰誰) whatever; who cares
• 谁怕谁(誰怕誰) bring it on!; who's afraid?; who cares?
• 谁知(誰知) who knows; who would have thought; unexpectedly; unpredictably
• 没谁了(沒誰了) nobody can beat that; extraordinary; remarkable
• 谁料(誰料) who would have thought that; who would have expected that
• 谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好(誰笑到最後，誰笑得最好) He laughs best who laughs last.
• 鹿死谁手(鹿死誰手) whoever kills the deer [will be victorious]
• 谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好(誰笑在最後，誰笑得最好) He laughs best who laughs last.
• 谁知道(誰知道) God knows...; Who would have imagined...?
• 阿谁(阿誰) who
• 人谁无过(人誰無過) Everyone makes mistakes

Also contained in

谁人乐队

Word is mentioned most frequently in

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• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 42
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 35
• 卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 23
• 卷二十六 Scroll 26 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 21
• 第二回 Chapter 74 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 20
• 第二回 Chapter 71 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 18
• 卷二十七 Scroll 27 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 18
• 第二回 Chapter 26 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 17
• 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 16
• 卷二十九 Scroll 29 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 15