麼 (mó)
Suffix for interrogative pronouns (what, how).
How 麼 is written
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 麻 — hemp
- Traditional
- 麼
- Simplified
- 么
Components
- 麻 hemp
- 幺 short/tiny
麼 has 4 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- má
- exclamatory final particle
- ma
- interrogative final particle
- me
- suffix, used to form interrogative 甚麼|什么, what?, indefinite 這麼|这么 thus etc
- mó
- tiny; insignificant
Common words using 麼
- 什麼 shénme
- what?; who?; something
- 怎麼 zěnme
- how?; what?; why?
- 這麼 zhème
- so much; this much; how much?
- 那麼 nàme
- like that; in that way; or so
- 多麼 duōme
- how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc)
- 怎麼樣 zěnmeyàng
- how?; how about?; how was it?
- 為什麼 wèishénme
- why?; for what reason?
- 幹甚麼 gànshénme
- what are you doing?; what's he up to?
- 幹麼 gànmá
- see 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4 ma2]
- 怎麼了 zěnmele
- What's up?; What's going on?; What happened?
- 怎麼回事 zěnmehuíshì
- what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?
- 怎麼著 zěnmezhāo
- what?; how?; how about?
麼 in a sentence
這是什麼？
Zhè shì shénme?
“What is this?”
How common is 麼?
麼 is the 63rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 33.9% of all running text.
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