(shèn) - very, extremely (bound morpheme) in Mandarin
shènTraditional: 甚
Translation
very, extremely (bound morpheme)
Word origin
An ideographic character combining 甘 (gān, sweet) with 匹, suggesting indulgence to excess, hence the meanings very, extremely or even.
- Origin
- ideographic
- Root
- 甘 (gān, sweet) over 匹, suggesting excess
Stroke order
甚
Examples
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He doesn't even know me.
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I even forgot her name.
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He didn't even say goodbye.
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I am quite worried about this matter.
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He has done quite a bit of research on history.
甚 (shèn) means very or extremely; in everyday speech you mostly hear it in 甚至 (shènzhì), meaning even.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 甚.
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