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Usage of the character 麼

ma
[麼]
  • interrogative final particle
me
[麼]
  • suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼/什么 (shénme), what?, indefinite 這麼/这么 (zhème) thus, etc
[麼]
  • tiny
  • insignificant
[麼]
  • exclamatory final particle
shénme
什么
[什麼]
  • what?
  • something; anything
rènme
恁么
[恁麼]
  • (old) this way
  • what?
zěnme
怎么
[怎麼]
  • how?
  • what?
  • why?
zhǒngme
肿么
[腫麼]
  • Internet slang for 怎麼/怎么 (zěnme)
nàme
那么
[那麼]
  • like that
  • in that way
  • or so
  • so
  • so very much
  • about
  • in that case
duōme
多么
[多麼]
  • how (wonderful etc)
  • what (a great idea etc)
  • however (difficult it may be etc)
  • (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc)
  • to what extent
gànmá
干么
[幹麼]
  • see 幹嘛/干嘛 (gànmá)
zhème
这么
[這麼]
  • so much
  • this much
  • how much?
  • this way
  • like this
meme
么么
[麼麼]
  • kissing sound (slang onom.)
tème
特么
[特麼]
  • euphemistic equivalent of 他媽的/他妈的 (tāmāde)
yàome
要么
[要麼]
  • or
  • either one or the other
zěnmele
怎么了
[怎麼了]
  • What's up?
  • What's going on?
  • What happened?
zhèmeyàng
这么样
[這麼樣]
  • thus
  • in this way
shénmede
什么的
[什麼的]
  • and so on; and so forth; and what not
zěnmeyàng
怎么样
[怎麼樣]
  • how?
  • how about?
  • how was it?
  • how are things?
píngshénme
凭什么
[憑什麼]
  • (spoken) why?
  • for which reason?
shénmeyàng
什么样
[什麼樣]
  • what kind?; what sort?
wèishénme
为什么
[為什麼]
  • why?
  • for what reason?
bùzěnme
不怎么
[不怎麼]
  • not very
  • not particularly
shénmeshì
什么事
[什麼事]
  • what?
  • which?
zěnmebàn
怎么办
[怎麼辦]
  • what's to be done
shénmerén
什么人
[什麼人]
  • who?
  • what (kind of) person?
gànshénme
干什么
[幹什麼]
  • what are you doing?
  • what's he up to?
zěnmezhāo
怎么着
[怎麼著]
  • what?
  • how?
  • how about?
  • whatever
  • also pr. (zěnmezhe)
méishénme
没什么
[沒什麼]
  • it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind
  • think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome
nàmezhe
那么着
[那麼著]
  • (do sth) that way; like that
wǎmór
邷么儿
[邷麼兒]
  • to play knucklebones (dialect)
zàizěnme
再怎么
[再怎麼]
  • no matter how ...
zhèmezhe
这么着
[這麼著]
  • thus
  • in this way
  • like this
méiyǒushénme
没有什么
[沒有什麼]
  • it is nothing
  • there's nothing ... about it
bùzěnmeyàng
不怎么样
[不怎麼樣]
  • not up to much
  • very indifferent
  • nothing great about it
  • nothing good to be said about it
zěnmedéliǎo
怎么得了
[怎麼得了]
  • how can this be?
  • what's to be done?
  • what an awful mess!
shénmehǎoshuō
什么好说
[什麼好說]
  • sth pertinent to say
shénmeshíhou
什么时候
[什麼時候]
  • when?; at what time?
yāomóxiǎochǒu
幺麽小丑
[么麼小醜]
  • insignificant wretch
shénmedìfang
什么地方
[什麼地方]
  • somewhere
  • someplace
  • where
zěnmehuíshì
怎么回事
[怎麼回事]
  • what's the matter?
  • what's going on?
  • how could that be?
  • how did that come about?
  • what's it all about?
zěnmegǎode
怎么搞的
[怎麼搞的]
  • How did it happen?
  • What's wrong?
  • What went wrong?
  • What's up?
zěnmeshuōne
怎么说呢
[怎麼說呢]
  • Why is that?; How come?
dōushénmeniándàile
都什么年代了
[都什麼年代了]
  • What decade are you living in?
  • That's so out-of-date!
méiyǒushénmebùkěnéng
没有什么不可能
[沒有什麼不可能]
  • nothing is impossible
  • there's nothing impossible about it
shénmefēngbǎnǐchuīláide
什么风把你吹来的
[什麼風把你吹來的]
  • What brings you here? (idiom)
húlulǐmàideshìshénmeyào
葫芦里卖的是什么药
[葫蘆裡賣的是什麼藥]
  • what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?
  • what's going on?
dàoshénmeshānshàng,chàngshénmegē
到什么山上,唱什么歌
[到什麼山上,唱什麼歌]
  • lit. whatever mountain one is on, one should sing its songs (idiom)
  • fig. when in Rome, do as the Romans do
línzidàle,shénmeniǎodōuyǒu
林子大了,什么鸟都有
[林子大了,什麼鳥都有]
  • it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)