么
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suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc
3 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,383 U+4E48
How 么 is formed
components: 丿 厶
How to remember it
(suffix) · Heisig RSH #670
a drop of + elbow
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 么 as their sound component
These characters all use 么 (me) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 么 sound component | me | interrogative particle |
| 仫 | mù | tribe |
Words containing 么
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 林子大了，什么鸟都有 | lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒu | it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom) |
| 没有什么不可能 | méi yǒu shén me bù kě néng | nothing is impossible; there's nothing impossible about it |
| 像那么回事儿 | xiàng nà me huí shì r | not bad at all; quite impressive |
| 都什么年代了 | dōu shén me nián dài le | What decade are you living in?; That's so out-of-date! |
| 什么地方 | shén me dì fang | somewhere; someplace; where |
| 到什么山上，唱什么歌 | dào shén me shān shàng , chàng shén me gē | lit. whatever mountain one is on, one should sing its songs (idiom); fig. when in Rome, do… |
| 什么好说 | shén me hǎo shuō | sth pertinent to say |
| 特么 | tè me | euphemistic equivalent of 他媽的|他妈的[ta1 ma1 de5] |
| 没有什么 | méi yǒu shén me | it is nothing; there's nothing ... about it |
| 多么 | duō me | how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in inter… |
| 什么人 | shén me rén | who?; what (kind of) person? |
| 干么 | gàn má | variant of 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4 ma2] |
| 什么事 | shén me shì | What's up?; Is something the matter?; (coll.) (used in rhetorical questions of the form 關|… |
| 那么着 | nà me zhe | (do sth) that way; like that |
| 什么风把你吹来的 | shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái de | What brings you here? (idiom) |
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | why?; for what reason? |
| 干什么 | gàn shén me | what are you doing?; what's he up to? |
| 什么时候 | shén me shí hou | when?; at what time? |
| 葫芦里卖的是什么药 | hú lu lǐ mài de shì shén me yào | what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?; what's going on? |
| 什么的 | shén me de | and so on; and so forth; and what not |