么 me - English Meaning | HSK 1

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Traditional form

麽 me

Contains the radical

丿 piě

Part of speech

Modal particle / 语气词 yǔ qì cí Yǔqì cí

Positional decomposition

⿱丿厶

Explanation

Variant form of 幺 yāo . In simplified Chinese 么 má is also used to mean "[particle]", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 麼 me .

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克鲁德 Dé : 什么 shénme ? 我们 wǒmen 会 huì 渴 kě 死 sǐ 的 de . 哎 āi 呦 yōu !

C: What? We are gonna die of thirst. Oh no!

嗨 hāi , 这 zhè 又 yòu 有 yǒu 什么 shénme 害处 hài chu 呢 ne ?

Why, what's the harm?

别 Bié 格 gé 的 de 牙关 yá guān 咬得那么 nà me 紧 jǐn ,连上下颚 xià è 都 dōu 疼 téng 了 le .

Bigger's teeth clamped so tight that his jaws ached.

如果 rúguǒ 你 nǐ 不 bù 在 zài 五秒之内 zhī nèi 说 shuì 些 xiē 什么 shénme , 我 wǒ 就 jiù 会 huì 知道 zhīdào 这 zhè 件 jiàn 夹克 jiā kè 超过 chāoguò 1000.

If you don't say anything in five seconds, I'll know it was over

天上 tiān shàng 有 yǒu 这么 zhè me 多 duō 的 de 灰 huī 云 yún ,我 wǒ 看 kān 今天 jīntiān 要 yāo 下 xià 雨 yǔ .

There are so many grey clouds I think it will rain today.

Explore 20 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 么 má in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
什么 shénme	what?	什麼
怎么 zěnme	how?	怎麼
这么 zhè me	so much	這麼
那么 nà me	like that	那麼
为什么 wèishénme	why?	為什麼
么 má	[particle]	麽 me
怎么样 zěnmeyàng	how?	怎麼樣
没什么 méi shén me	nothing	沒什麼
怎么办 zěn me bàn	what's to be done	怎麼辦
多么 duōme	how (wonderful etc)	多麼
什么样 shén me yàng	what kind?	什麼樣
要么 yào me	or	要麼
干什么 gàn shén me	what are you doing?	幹什麼
什么的 shén me de	and so on	什麼的
不怎么 bù zěn me	not very	不怎麼
怎么着 zěn me zhāo	what?	怎麼著
不怎么样 bù zěn me yàng	not up to much	不怎麼樣
这么样 zhè me yàng	thus	這麼樣
这么着 zhè me zhe	thus	這麼著
怎么得了 zěn me dé liǎo	how can this be?	怎麼得了