谁 (誰) shéi

1. shéi pronoun who; whoever
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: Not forming a question, in the sense of 任何人 (Guoyu '誰' pronoun 2; XHZD '谁' 2)
2. shéi pronoun who (forming a question)
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Interrogative Pronoun 疑问代词
   Notes: 谁 may be used as an interrogative pronoun in both modern and Literary Chinese, replacing the constituent to form a question (Norman 1988, p. 119; Sun 2006, loc. 1866). It could be used either as the subject or the object in Literary Chinese. It is placed before the verb, even when referring to the object (Guoyu '誰' pronoun 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 91; Unihan '誰'; XHZD '谁' 1).
3. shéi adverb don't tell me ...
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 难道 (Guoyu '誰' adv)
4. shéi pronoun who; kaḥ
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ka, or: kasya, Japanese: sui, Tibetan: su'i (BCSD '誰', p. 1083; Mahāvyutpatti 'kasya'; MW 'ka'; Unihan '誰')

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• 谁辨真假(誰辨真假) Who can tell true from false?
• 须在个中寻祖意 谁知此地即灵山(須在個中尋祖意 誰知此地即靈山) Should one seek the Patriarch's heart elsewhere; Who is to tell that a place of spirituality is right here.
• 松风明月谁无份 青山流水我有缘(松風明月誰無份 青山流水我有緣) Who is to miss a connection with the pine and moon? I am one to share an affinity with the mountains and rivers.
• 人生如梦谁是我 到处能安即是家(人生如夢誰是我 到處能安即是家) Life is but a dream, so who am I? Peaceful is a mind that sees anywhere as home.
• 做己贵人　舍我其谁(做己貴人　捨我其誰) The One Who Helps You Succeed Is Yourself; Who Else but Me?
• 见深见浅由他去 谁是谁非有公平(見深見淺由他去 誰是誰非有公平) All is a matter of opinion; Fairness will eventually be.
• 本来心即佛 究竟我是谁(本來心即佛 究竟我是誰) If the mind is the Buddha, Then who exactly am I?
• 悟彻我身原是梦 谁知此境亦非真(悟徹我身原是夢 誰知此境亦非真) Awaken to the fact that this body is but a dream; Who is to know that nothing now is real either.
• 谁念弥陀(誰念彌陀) Who Is Chanting Amitabha?
• 愿大地都成净土 问世间谁是如来(願大地都成淨土 問世間誰是如來) I wish for all grounds to become Pure Lands; I ask the whole world who is Buddha?

Also contained in

谁怕谁 、 谁知 、 人谁无过 、 没谁了 、 爱谁谁 、 谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好 、 谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好 、 今晚谁当家 、 鹿死谁手 、 阿谁 、 谁知道 、 谁料 、 谁人乐队

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