誰

shuí

who? whom? whose? anyone?

How to write 誰, stroke by stroke

who; also pr. [shui2]

Pictophonetic: semantic 言 (speech), phonetic 隹

Made of 言 + 隹

誰知shéi zhīwho would have thought; unexpectedly
愛誰誰ài shéi shéi(coll.) whatever; who cares
沒誰了méi séi le(coll.) nobody can beat that; extraordinary; remarkable
誰知道shéi zhī dàoGod knows...; Who would have imagined...?
阿誰ā shuíwho
誰怕誰shéi pà shéibring it on!; who's afraid?
誰料shéi liàowho would have thought that; who would have expected that
花落誰家huā luò shéi jiāwho will be the winner?
人誰無過rén shéi wú guòEveryone makes mistakes (idiom)
鹿死誰手lù sǐ shéi shǒulit. at whose hand will the deer die (idiom); fig. who will emerge victorious
誰人樂隊shéi rén yuè duìThe Who (1960s UK rock band)

你最有趣的朋友是誰？
nǐ zuì yǒu qù de péng yǒu shì shuí ？
Who's your most interesting friend?
桌上的字典是誰的呀？
zhuō shàng de zì diǎn shì shuí de ya ？
Whose is the dictionary on the table?
起初誰也不相信我。
qǐ chū shuí yě bù xiāng xìn wǒ 。
No one believed me at first.
是誰把窗打破了？
shì shuí bǎ chuāng dǎ pò le ？
Who broke the window?
「今天誰值班？」「我值班。」
「 jīn tiān shuí zhí bān ？」「 wǒ zhí bān 。」
"Who's on duty today?" "I'm on duty."