Chinese Word: 麼 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

麼 (Simplified: 么)Polyphone (多音字)HSK 1

Total strokes: 14; Radical: 麻

Pictophonetic:麻 indicates the sound; 幺 (one) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿸ Surround from upper left
- 麻 [ má ] hemp, flax, sesame; numb
- 幺 [ yāo ] one; tiny, small

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。

Pinyin: má

English Definition:exclamatory final particle

Pinyin: ma

English Definition:interrogative final particle

Chinese Definition:
①同“吗”。

Pinyin: mó

English Definition:tiny; insignificant

Chinese Definition:
①(幺麽)见“幺”。
②麽。
③见“么”。

1		nǐ 你 gàn shén me 干什么？ What are you doing?
2		nǐ 你 xiǎng 想 kàn 看 shén me 什么？ What do you want to watch?
3		nǐ 你 xìng 姓 shén me 什么 ne 呢？ What is your surname?
4		zhè 这 shì 是 shén me 什么 kè 课？ What class is this?
5		zhè 这 shì 是 shén me 什么 ne 呢？ What is this?

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1		nǐ 你 gàn shén me 干什么？ What are you doing?
2		nǐ 你 xiǎng 想 kàn 看 shén me 什么？ What do you want to watch?
3		nǐ 你 xìng 姓 shén me 什么 ne 呢？ What is your surname?
4		zhè 这 shì 是 shén me 什么 kè 课？ What class is this?
5		zhè 这 shì 是 shén me 什么 ne 呢？ What is this?