shèn
甚 (shèn) is a Chinese word meaning “excessive; undue; to exceed; to be more than; very; extremely”.
Meanings
- 1excessive; undue
- 2to exceed; to be more than
- 3very; extremely
- 4(dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2])
Related words
甚至even; so much so that甚variant of 什[shen2]甚至于so much (that)更有甚者furthermore (idiom)甚或so much so that欺人太甚(idiom) to bully intolerably甚嚣尘上clamor raises the dust (idiom); a tremendous clamor甚高频very high frequency (VHF)甚而even一之为甚once is more than enough (idiom)不为已甚refrain from going to extremes in meting out punishment不求甚解lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview