么
me
interrogative particle; small
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 丿
- HSK
- 1
- Tone
- —
Other readings: yāo
Traditional form: 幺
Stroke order
Example sentences
为什么？
Wèi shén me
Why?
Shadow怎么了？
Zěn me le
What's the matter?
Shadow这是什么？
Zhè shì shén me
What is this?
Shadow那是什么？
Nà shì shén me
What is over there?
Shadow
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words containing 么
- 什么shén me 2–5what?; something; anything
- 怎么zěn me 3–5how?; what?; why?
- 怎么样zěn me yàng 3–5–4how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things?
- 没什么méi shén me 2–2–5nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind
- 干什么gàn shén me 4–2–5what are you doing?; what's he up to?
- 那么nà me 4–5like that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case
- 这么zhè me 4–5so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
- 为什么wèi shén me 4–2–5why?; for what reason?
- 怎么办zěn me bàn 3–5–4what's to be done
- 多么duō me 1–5how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent
- 什么样shén me yàng 2–5–4what kind?; what sort?
- 要么yào me 4–5or; either one or the other