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这么

zhè me

HSK 3.0 level 2 2-character word Traditional 這麼

这么 (zhè me) means "so; this (much)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 这么 means

1. so much
2. this much
3. how much?
4. this way
5. like this

How 这么 is used in grammar

这么 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Demonstrative Adverbs: 那么、这么、那样、这样 (HSK 2)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 2, pronouns (指示代词).

Other readings

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

• zhè mevariant of {这么|zhè me}

The characters in 这么

• 这zhè(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this…
• 么mesuffix, used to form interrogative 什么

Example sentences

• 这么快？！
  Already?!
• 这么早？！
  Already?!
• 她是这么的瘦
  Tā shì zhème de shòu
  She was so thin.
• 她没这么想。
  She didn't think so.

Words starting with 这么

• 这么点zhè me diǎnsuch a small amount of (money, time etc)
• 这么样zhè me yàngthus; in this way
• 这么着zhè me zhethus; in this way; like this

Sounds the same

Read zhè me, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 这末variant of 这么

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhè me correctly.
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