What does 神马意思 mean in chinese?

Question

Need to know for mandarin class

Answer 1

Hi, "神马意思"（shén mǎ yìsi） means "什么意思？(shénme yìsi)". That is the homophonic for “什么意思”. This is probably a typing error, or someone is trying to be funny.

Answer 2

"神马意思"=“什么意思”(shen 2 me yi4 si), which means "what does it mean?/what do you mean/what"?

 

The reason why someone like using 神马 instead of 什么 is because of a frequently mistake made by a lot of people:

 

When you are using the Chinese typing method to type “什么啊” on computer or smartphone, it is always mistakenly interpreted "shenmea" to "shenma" by the device, and then it will automatically translate to “神马” instead(which means holy horse). Sometimes people also think that is funny and do not want to type it again, so they will use it instead.

 

So recently people like using these pattern to express "什么意思" in an interesting way.

Answer 3

Hey, sorry this is probably too late for your class. I think you mean "什么意思 (Shénme yìsi)." This is a question that means, ironically, "What do you mean?" or "What does that mean?"