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TSUMUGU · TOCFL A1 (est.) · 詞
甚麼 word · TOCFL A1 (est.)
甚麼 ＝ 甚 ＋ 麼
ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜ · shénme
pronoun — what

字源 FORM — what the parts do

甚what (甚麼); elsewhere shèn, "extreme" (甚至)shén
麼the question-softening suffix (什麼)me
甚麼，甚至的甚，什麼的麼。
關 · Related
什麼shénmeorthographic twin — the same word; 什麼 is the prevailing form today為什麼wèishénme"why" — built on the same question word