谁 shéi who
shéi (who) and shuí (who): the same word, not two meanings; shéi is the everyday reading and shuí the formal one most computer voices use
怎么记住“谁”: 讠 words + 隹 short-tailed bird = who. Angry words fly across the square when a short-tailed bird lands on the mayor's hat, and he shouts "Tell me who fed this bird!"
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
谁 = 讠 words + 隹 short-tailed bird
- 讠 words meaning
- 隹 short-tailed bird sound
Angry words fly across the square when a short-tailed bird lands on the mayor's hat, and he shouts "Tell me who fed this bird!"
How it came to be
Words give the meaning, and the bird on the right gives the sound.
用法
- 'Who / whom': 你是谁? (nǐ shì shéi) who are you? The answer simply drops into 谁's place: 他是老师.
- Also read shuí, especially in more formal or written speech, same word.
例句
- 他是谁？ Tā shì shéi?Who is he?
- 是谁发现了万有引力？ Shì shéi fāxiànle wànyǒu yǐnlì?Who discovered universal gravitation?