Difference between 什麼 and 甚麼?
安潔莉~ An1Jie2Li4
January 09, 2011, 03:31 AM posted in General DiscussionSo I've been reading through the transcripts, and I simply cannot figure out the difference! I've looked it up, and all it says is that 甚麼 is a variant of 什麼. Does that mean they can be used interchangably, or are there certain situations where one of them is more appropriate?
安潔莉~ An1Jie2Li4
January 10, 2011, 01:32 AMOh, okay, thank you so much!
joschka
February 24, 2011, 12:48 PMFunny thing, I was just today asking my Chinese teacher about these two forms.
She told me that on the Mainland, they are considered interchangable but in Taiwan they are different.
什 = ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc.) / assorted / miscellaneous
甚 = what / very / extremely / any
anonymous595521
January 09, 2011, 07:17 PMThey can be used interchangably.