么
meTraditional: 麼
HSK 2
#259 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
(question particle, softening)
Stroke order
么
Examples
？
What are you doing?
？
So difficult?
？
What's wrong with you?
，？
What's wrong, my friend?
？
What does this mean?
么 (me) means (question particle, softening). It is used as a particle in everyday Mandarin speech.
Related words
Appears in 15 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 么.
什么shén mewhat什么shénmewhat什么时候shénme shíhouwhen为什么wèishénmewhy怎么zěnmehow怎么zěn mehow; why (in rhetorical questions)为什么wèi shén mewhy, for what reason这么zhè meso, this much, like this那么nà meso, then, in that case怎么样zěn me yànghow, what do you think, how about干什么gàn shén mewhat are (you/they) doing, why do that没什么méi shén meit's nothing, never mind, no big deal怎么办zěn me bànwhat to do, what should be done怎么回事zěn me huí shìwhat's going on, what's the matter这么zhè móso, this much, like this, to this degree
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