么

me

HSK 13 readings

“Exclamatory final particle” in Chinese is 么 (me).

Meaning

exclamatory final particle
interrogative final particle
suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc

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variant of 麼|么[me5]

Example

你说什么？

What did you say?

From 什么 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

yāovariant of 幺 (youngest; small) (archaic)
móvariant of 么 used in 么么 (archaic)

Stroke Order

3 strokes

Words containing 么

什么shénmewhat?HSK 1 怎么zěnmehow?HSK 1 干什么gàn shénmewhat are you doing?HSK 1 没什么méi shénmeit doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mindHSK 1 多么duōmehow (wonderful etc)HSK 2 那么nàmelike that; in that way; to that extentHSK 2 这么zhèmeso muchHSK 2 什么样shénmeyàngwhat kind?; what sort?HSK 2

More HSK 1 characters

爱àito love; to be fond of; to likeHSK 1 八bāeightHSK 1 爸bàfatherHSK 1 吧babar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)HSK 1 白báiBai ethnic groupHSK 1 百bǎihundredHSK 1 班bānteam; class; gradeHSK 1 半bànhalfHSK 1 帮bāngto helpHSK 1 包bāoto coverHSK 1

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