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<p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">什么的</span>(<span class="pinyin">shénme de</span>) is an informal way to express "etc.," and is used to end a list of items when it is obvious to the listener what class of things the speaker is talking about. <span class="hanzi">什么的</span> can also be used after a single item if it is obvious enough what might follow.</p>
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<li>Structure<br/></li>
<li>Examples<br/></li>
<li>See also<br/></li>
<li>Sources and further reading<br/></li>
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<li>Books<br/></li>
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List + <span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px;">什么的</span>
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<li><span><span class="hanzi">欧洲 有 哪些 国家？法国，英国，德国 什么 的。 反正 都 是 些 小 国家！</span> Which countries are in Europe? France, England, Germany, etc. Anyway, they are all small countries!</span></li>
<li><span><span class="hanzi">像 数学 啊，化学 啊，英语 啊 什么的，我 都 觉得 超级 无聊，不 想 学！</span> Math, chemistry, English, and so on. I think they are all really boring. I don't want to study them!</span></li>
<li><span><span class="hanzi">游泳 啊 什么的 对 身体 有 好处。</span> Swimming and such is good for the body.</span></li>
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<p>It can be a little impolite to use <span class="hanzi">什么的</span> after a list of peoples names, in which case <a href="Non-exhaustive_lists_with_"dengdeng"" title="wikilink">等</a> can be used in place of <span class="hanzi">什么的</span>. When referring to a list of friends in informal contexts there is no problem using <span class="hanzi">什么的</span>.</p>
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<li><a href="Listing_Things_with_"a"" title="wikilink">Listing Things with "a"</a></li>
<li><a href="Non-exhaustive_lists_with_"dengdeng"" title="wikilink">Non-exhaustive lists with "dengdeng"</a></li>
<li><a href=""Stuff_like_that"_with_"zhileide"" title="wikilink">"Stuff like that" with "zhileide"</a></li>
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<h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>
<h3 id="books">Books</h3>
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<li>Chinese Grammar - Broken down into 100 items - Basic and Intermediate Levels (汉语语法百项讲练 - 初中级) (pp.304-7)</li>
<li>Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1 (pp.121)</li>
<li><span class="hanzi">卓越汉语－公司实战篇</span> (pp. 122-3)</li>
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