谁 shéi▶ quién

Stroke order

谁 is written in 10 strokes.

• 谁

Example sentences

• 他是谁？Tā shì shéi?Who is he?
• 谁会说汉语？Shéi huì shuō Hànyǔ?Who can speak Chinese?

Related words

• 哪儿dónde
• 什么qué, por qué

谁 is pronounced shéi and means “quién”. HSK 1 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 谁 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.