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那么

nà me

HSK 3.0 level 2 2-character word Traditional 那麼

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

What 那么 means

1. like that; in that way; to that extent
2. (before a number) ... or so; about ...
3. then; in that case

How 那么 is used in grammar

那么 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

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

• nà mevariant of {那么|nà me}

The characters in 那么

• 那nà(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi); (pronoun) that…
• 么mesuffix, used to form interrogative 什么

Example sentences

• 那么小！
  So little!
• 别那么傲慢。
  Don't be so arrogant!
• 那么做很难。
  It's difficult to do that.
• 你无权那么做。
  Nǐ wúquán nàme zuò.
  You have no right to do that.
• 干嘛那么麻烦?
  What's the point in doing that?
• 我没那么勇敢。
  I'm not so brave.

Words starting with 那么

• 那么着nà me zhe(do sth) that way; like that

Words containing 那么

• 像那么回事儿xiàng nà me huí shì rnot bad at all; quite impressive

Sounds the same

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

• 那末variant of 那么

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read nà me correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.