谁

• 拼音: shéi
• 汉字拆解: 谁 = 讠(speech) + 隹 (short-tailed bird, phonetic component)

含义

Who; whom. The interrogative pronoun for asking about a person's identity.

Has two accepted pronunciations: shéi (more common in speech) and shuí (more common in formal or written contexts). Used in questions about identity. Unlike English, Chinese question words stay in place — the sentence structure doesn't change for questions. Can also mean 'anyone' in certain contexts, e.g. 谁都可以 (anyone can).

例句

1. 你是谁？
2. 谁的书包在这里？
3. 你在找谁？

用法指南

语境: questions, everyday

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 这是谁的手机？(Whose phone is this?)
• 谁想去？(Who wants to go?)

错误说法

• 谁是你？(Unnatural — say 你是谁 to ask 'who are you,' keeping the natural Chinese word order)

起源与历史

Composed of 讠(speech radical) and 隹 (short-tailed bird, phonetic component), the character asks 'who is speaking.'

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal