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Definitions

  1. 1. interrogative final particle

Example Sentences

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你怎 拼“pretty”?
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Words Containing 么

不怎么
bù zěn me

not very

不怎么样
bù zěn me yàng

not up to much

什么
shén me

what?

什么样
shén me yàng

what kind?; what sort?

多么
duō me

how (wonderful etc)

干什么
gàn shén me

what are you doing?

怎么
zěn me

how?

怎么样
zěn me yàng

how?

怎么办
zěn me bàn

what's to be done

没什么
méi shén me

nothing

为什么
wèi shén me

why?

要么
yào me

or

这么
zhè me

so much

那么
nà me

like that

什么事
shén me shì

what?

什么人
shén me rén

who?

什么地方
shén me dì fang

somewhere

什么好说
shén me hǎo shuō

sth pertinent to say

什么时候
shén me shí hou

when?

什么的
shén me de

and so on

什么风把你吹来的
shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái de

What brings you here? (idiom)

再怎么
zài zěn me

no matter how ...

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)

干么
gàn má

see 幹嘛|干嘛[gàn má]

怎么了
zěn me le

What's up?

怎么回事
zěn me huí shì

what's going on?

怎么得了
zěn me dé liǎo

how can this be?

怎么搞的
zěn me gǎo de

How did it happen?

怎么着
zěn me zhāo

what?

怎么说呢
zěn me shuō ne

Why is that?

恁么
rèn me

what?

凭什么
píng shén me

(spoken) why?

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
méi yǒu shén me

it is nothing

没有什么不可能
méi yǒu shén me bù kě néng

nothing is impossible

特么
tè me

euphemistic equivalent of 他媽的|他妈的[tā mā de]

肿么
zhǒng me

Internet slang for 怎麼|怎么[zěn me]

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?

这么样
zhè me yàng

thus

这么着
zhè me zhe

thus

都什么年代了
dōu shén me nián dài le

What decade are you living in?

么么
me me

kissing sound (slang onom.)