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么

me

HSK 1 Character Traditional 麼

What 么 means

1. suffix, used to form interrogative {什么|shén me}, what?, indefinite {这么|zhè me} thus, etc

Other readings

么 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• máexclamatory final particle
• mainterrogative final particle
• mevariant of {么|me}

Example sentences

• 搞什么
  Gǎo shénme
  What's up?
• 什么？
  What?
• 什么！
  What!
• 怎么会有
  Zěnme huì yǒu
  Why would there be?
• 什么地方
  Shénmedìfang
  What place?
• 为什么？
  Why?

Words starting with 么

• 么么me mekissing sound (slang onom.)

Words containing 么

• 什么shén mewhat?; something; anything
• 怎么zěn mehow?; what?; why?
• 那么nà melike that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then…
• 这么zhè meso much; this much; how much?
• 为什么wèi shén mewhy?; for what reason?
• 怎么样zěn me yànghow?; how about?; how was it?
• 多么duō mehow (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc)
• 没什么méi shén meit doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure…
• 怎么办zěn me bànwhat's to be done
• 干什么gàn shén mewhat are you doing?; what's he up to?
• 什么样shén me yàngwhat kind?; what sort?
• 怎么回事zěn me huí shìwhat's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?
• 要么yào meor; either one or the other
• 不怎么bù zěn menot very; not particularly
• 不怎么样bù zěn me yàngnot up to much; very indifferent; nothing great about it
• 这么点zhè me diǎnsuch a small amount of (money, time etc)
• 这么样zhè me yàngthus; in this way
• 特么tè meeuphemistic equivalent of 他妈的
• 这么着zhè me zhethus; in this way; like this
• 那么着nà me zhe(do sth) that way; like that
• 再怎么zài zěn meno matter how ...
• 怎么了zěn me leWhat's up?; What's going on?; What happened?
• 怎么着zěn me zhāowhat?; how?; how about?
• 怎么得了zěn me dé liǎohow can this be?; what's to be done?; what an awful mess!

Characters that look like 么

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 云yún(classical) to say

Sounds the same

Read me, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 嚜(final particle)
• 末variant of 么
• 庅variant of 么