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
More Words
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.
他Tāhe对duìtoward历史lì shǐhistory甚至shèn zhìeven比bǐcompared to老师lǎo shīteacher还háistill了解liǎo jiěto understand。