那么

Character by character

• 那nà7 strokesHSK 1that, that one, those
• 么me3 strokesHSK 1 traditional 幺interrogative particle; small

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 那么. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 那nàHSK 1

  (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)

• 什么shén meHSK 1

  what?; something; anything

• 怎么zěn meHSK 1

  how?; what?; why?

• 这么zhè meHSK 2

  so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this

• 为什么wèi shén meHSK 2

  why?; for what reason?

• 那些nà xiēHSK 1

  those

• 那样nà yàngHSK 2

  that kind; that sort

• 那里nà liHSK 1

  there; that place

• 怎么样zěn me yàngHSK 2

  how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things?

• 怎么办zěn me bànHSK 2

  what's to be done

• 没什么méi shén meHSK 1

  nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind

• 多么duō meHSK 2

  how (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 yàngHSK 2

  what kind?; what sort?

• 那时nà shíHSK 2

  then; at that time; in those days

• 那边nà bianHSK 1

  over there; yonder

• 要么yào meHSK 6

  or; either one or the other

• 干什么gàn shén meHSK 1

  what are you doing?; what's he up to?

• 那儿nà rHSK 1

  there

• 不怎么bù zěn meHSK 6

  not very; not particularly

• 那会儿nà huì rHSK 2

  at that time (in the past or the future); also pr. [nèi huì r]

• 一刹那yī chà nàHSK 7

  a moment; an instant; in a flash

• 不怎么样bù zěn me yàngHSK 6

  not up to much; very indifferent; nothing great about it; nothing good to be said about it

• 刹那chà nà

  an instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye

• 那时候nà shí houHSK 2

  at that time