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什麼時候
shén me shí hòu
when

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Example
請問林小姐什麼時候回來？
qǐng wèn Lín xiǎo jiě shén me shí hòu huí lái ？
may I ask when Miss Lin comes back
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A memory hook from its parts — not a settled history.

什shénwhat
亻rénmanmeaning十shítenmeaning
會意 · Associative compound
麼mesuffix, used to form…
幺yāoonemeaning
麻mágeneric name for hemp, flax…sound
形聲 · Phono-semantic compound
時shío'clock; time
日rìdaymeaning寺sìBuddhist temple; mosquesound
形聲 · Phono-semantic compound
候hòuto wait; to inquire after
亻rénpersonmeaning矦hóuold variant of 侯sound
形聲 · Phono-semantic compound