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么
麼
má
1. exclamatory final particle
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 3 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

么
me
interrogative particle
HSK 1 3 丶

Compound Words (2)

干么
gànmá
see [[幹嘛|干嘛<gànmá>]]
葫芦里卖的是什么药
húlulǐmàideshìshénmeyào
what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?

Alternate Entries

么
ma
interrogative final particle
么
me
suffix, used to form interrogative [[甚麼|什么<shénme>]], what?, indefinite [[這麼|这么<zhème>]] thus, etc
么
me
variant of [[麼|么<me>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
62
Word Frequency Rank
6 of 84,292

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