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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)

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.)
什么
shénme
what?
HSK 1
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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