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Character Decomposition
么=丿+厶
Meanings3 pronunciations
má
exclamatory final particle
ma
interrogative final particle
me
suffix, used to form interrogative shén me, what?, indefinite zhè me thus, etc
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Words with 么 63 total
kissing sound (slang onom.)么么me mewhat? · something; anything什么shén mehow (wonderful etc) · what (a great idea etc) · however (difficult it may be etc) · (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) · to what extent多么duō mehow? · what? · why?怎么zěn me(old) this way · what?恁么rèn meeuphemistic equivalent of tā mā de特么tè meInternet slang for zěn me肿么zhǒng meor · either one or the other要么yào meso much · this much · how much? · this way · like this这么zhè melike that; in that way; to that extent · (before a number)... or so; about... · then; in that case那么nà mewhat are you doing? · what's he up to?干什么gàn shén mewhat's to be done怎么办zěn me bànnot very · not particularly不怎么bù zěn meWhat's up?; Is something the matter? · (coll.) (used in rhetorical questions of the form guān + {person} + shén me shì "what business is it of {person}'s?; what's it to {person}?")什么事shén me shìwho? · what (kind of) person?什么人shén me rénwhat kind?; what sort?什么样shén me yàngand so on; and so forth; and what not什么的shén me de(coll.) what the hell?; what on earth? (expression of confusion, disbelief or annoyance)什么鬼shén me guǐno matter how...再怎么zài zěn meWhat's up? · What's going on? · What happened?怎么了zěn me lehow? · how about? · how was it? · how are things?怎么样zěn me yàngwhat? · how? · how about? · whatever · also pr. zěn me zhe怎么着zěn me zhāo(spoken) why? · for which reason?凭什么píng shén meit doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind · think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome没什么méi shén me
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