Chinese Word: 么 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

么 (Trad.: 麼)

Total strokes: 3; Radical: 丿

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Pinyin: má

English Definition: exclamatory final particle
Example Words:
干么 [ gàn má ]: see 干嘛
Pinyin: ma

English Definition: interrogative final particle
Chinese Definition:
①同“吗”。
Pinyin: me

English Definition: suffix, used to form interrogative 什么 , what?, indefinite 这么 thus, etc
Chinese Definition:
①词尾：怎么。这么。多么。什么。
②助词，表示含蓄语气，用在前半句末了：不让你去么，你又要去。
Example Words:
多么 [ 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
为什么 [ wèi shén me ]: why?; for what reason?
什么 [ shén me ]: what?; something; anything
怎么 [ zěn me ]: how?; what?; why?
怎么样 [ zěn me yàng ]: how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things?

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