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么
麼
me
1. suffix, used to form interrogative [[甚麼|什么<shénme>]], what?, indefinite [[這麼|这么<zhème>]] thus, etc
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 3 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

么
me
interrogative particle
HSK 1 3 丶

Compound Words (20)

什么
shénme
what?
HSK 1
多么
duōme
how (wonderful etc)
HSK 3
怎么
zěnme
how?
HSK 1
怎么
zěnme
variant of [[怎麼|怎么<zěnme>]]
HSK 1
恁么
rènme
(old) this way
甚么
shénme
variant of [[什麼|什么<shénme>]]
肿么
zhǒngme
Internet slang for [[怎麼|怎么<zěnme>]]
要么
yàome
or
这么
zhème
so much
那么
nàme
like that
么么
meme
kissing sound (slang onom.)
不怎么
bùzěnme
not very
干什么
gànshénme
what are you doing?
怎么了
zěnmele
What's up?
怎么样
zěnmeyàng
how?
HSK 1
怎么着
zěnmezhāo
what?
怎么办
zěnmebàn
what's to be done
怎么了
zěnmele
variant of [[怎麼了|怎么了<zěnmele>]]
凭什么
píngshénme
(spoken) why?
没什么
méishénme
variant of [[沒甚麼|没什么<méishénme>]]

Alternate Entries

么
má
exclamatory final particle
么
ma
interrogative final particle
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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