谁 (誰) shéi

  1. shéi pronoun who; whoever
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Not forming a question, in the sense of 任何人 (Guoyu '誰' pronoun 2; XHZD '谁' 2)
  2. shéi pronoun who (forming a question)
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Interrogative Pronoun 疑问代词
    Notes: 谁 may be used as an interrogative pronoun in both modern and Literary Chinese, replacing the constituent to form a question (Norman 1988, p. 119; Sun 2006, loc. 1866). It could be used either as the subject or the object in Literary Chinese. It is placed before the verb, even when referring to the object (Guoyu '誰' pronoun 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 91; Unihan '誰'; XHZD '谁' 1).
  3. shéi adverb don't tell me ...
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: In the sense of 难道 (Guoyu '誰' adv)
  4. shéi pronoun who; kaḥ
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ka, or: kasya, Japanese: sui, Tibetan: su'i (BCSD '誰', p. 1083; Mahāvyutpatti 'kasya'; MW 'ka'; Unihan '誰')

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  • Scroll 8 Abhidharmajñānaprasthānaśāstra (Apitan Ba Jiandu Lun) 阿毘曇八犍度論 — count: 193
  • Scroll 9 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 178
  • Scroll 1 Jiemo 羯磨 — count: 95
  • Scroll 9 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 78
  • Scroll 1 Tan Wu De Lu Bu Za Jiemo 曇無德律部雜羯磨 — count: 74
  • Scroll 1 Dharmaguptabhikṣukarman (Seng Jiemo) 僧羯磨 — count: 72
  • Scroll 2 Ni Jiemo 尼羯磨 — count: 66
  • Scroll 8 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 61
  • Scroll 1 Ni Jiemo 尼羯磨 — count: 56
  • Scroll 2 Dharmaguptabhikṣukarman (Seng Jiemo) 僧羯磨 — count: 50