me

interrogative particle; repetition of a tune small; tender

HSK 1 #63

DEFINITIONS

么 me
  • suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc
  • variant of 麼|么[me5]
么 yāo
  • surname Yao
  • youngest
  • most junior
  • tiny
  • one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military)
  • one or ace on dice or dominoes
  • variant of 吆[yao1], to shout
么 ma
  • interrogative final particle
么 má
  • exclamatory final particle

STROKES

么 stroke order diagram
么 stroke order animation

WORDS

shén me what?; something; anything
zěn me how?; what?; why?; variant of 怎麼|怎么[zen3 me5]
样 zěn me yàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things?
为什 wèi shén me why?; for what reason?
duō me how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent
zhè me so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
nà me like that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case
没什 méi shén me nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind
办 zěn me bàn what's to be done
干什 gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to?
样 shén me yàng what kind?; what sort?; what appearance?
yào me or; either one or the other
的 shén me de and so on; and what not
着 zěn me zhāo what?; how?; how about?; whatever; also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5]
不怎 bù zěn me not very; not particularly
着 zhè me zhe thus; in this way; like this
样 zhè me yàng thus; in this way
得了 zěn me dé liǎo how can this be?; what's to be done?; what an awful mess!
不怎样 bù zěn me yàng not up to much; very indifferent; nothing great about it; nothing good to be said about it
並矢 yāo bìng shǐ idemfactor (expressing a vector as sum of its three orthogonal projections)
二 yāo èr one-two or ace-deuce (smallest throw at dice); a prostitute
麼小醜 yāo mó xiǎo chǒu insignificant wretch
點 yāo diǎn ace
事 shén me shì what?; which?
人 shén me rén who?; what (kind of) person?
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