How to say 誰

  • Traditional characters: 誰
  • Pinyin (Taiwan standard): shéi
  • Zhuyin (bopomofo): ㄕㄟˊ
  • Meaning: who

Hear it in a Taiwan accent:

誰 in example sentences

Real lines from CiaoSpeak’s graded stories, each with pinyin, an English translation and Taiwan-accent audio.

誰要喝湯？

shéi yào hē tāng

So who wanted the soup?

From the story 你要吃什麼？ (What Do You Want to Eat?)

誰是老師？

shéi shì lǎo shī

Who is the teacher?

From the story 你是老師嗎？ (Are You a Teacher?)

打給誰？

dǎ gěi shéi

Call who?

From the story 要不要換工作 (Should I Change Jobs?)

真的嗎？誰會來？

zhēn de ma shéi huì lái

Really? Who's coming?

From the story 小派對 (The Housewarming)

那天晚上，小雨提早躲到鐘樓對面的樹叢裡，靜靜地等著看誰會出現。

nà tiān wǎn shàng Xiǎoyǔ tí zǎo duǒ dào zhōng lóu duì miàn de shù cóng lǐ jìng jìng de děng zhe kàn shéi huì chū xiàn

That night, Xiaoyu hid early behind the bushes across from the bell tower, waiting quietly to see who would show up.

From the story 山路上的另一個人 (Someone Else on the Path)

Where 誰 is taught

  • Unit level: TOCFL Novice 2 (CiaoSpeak’s placement, not the official TOCFL word list)
  • Unit: People, Actions & Questions
  • Lesson: Asking Who, What, Where
  • Taught just before: 什麼
  • Taught just after: 哪裡