Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

very; extremely; more (than)

Chinese: 很、非常。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “shen” becomes a different word in each tone. 甚 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 甚至shèn zhìeven; so much so that
  • 甚至于shèn zhì yúso much (that); even (to the extent that)
  • 甚是shèn shì(literary) very; extremely
  • 不甚bù shèn(literary) not very
  • 甚为shèn wéivery; extremely

Example Sentence

他对历史甚至比老师还了解。Tā duì lì shǐ shèn zhì bǐ lǎo shī hái liǎo jiě.He understands history even better than the teacher.

heduìtoward历史lì shǐhistory甚至shèn zhìevencompared to老师lǎo shīteacherháistill了解liǎo jiěto understand