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Definitions

  1. 1. interrogative final particle

Example Sentences

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你怎 拼“pretty”?
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 332743)

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Words Containing 么

不怎么样
bù zěn me yàng

not up to much

怎么说呢
zěn me shuō ne

Why is that?

什么
shén me

what?

那么
nà me

like that

没什么
méi shén me

nothing

干什么
gàn shén me

what are you doing?

怎么搞的
zěn me gǎo de

How did it happen?

要么
yào me

or

这么
zhè me

so much

没有什么不可能
méi yǒu shén me bù kě néng

nothing is impossible

什么的
shén me de

and so on

怎么
zěn me

how?

没有什么
méi yǒu shén me

it is nothing

这么着
zhè me zhe

thus

怎么了
zěn me le

What's up?

怎么回事
zěn me huí shì

what's going on?

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)

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)

特么
tè me

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

怎么着
zěn me zhāo

what?

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

What brings you here? (idiom)

不怎么
bù zěn me

not very

什么事
shén me shì

what?

多么
duō me

how (wonderful etc)

肿么
zhǒng me

Internet slang for 怎麼|怎么[zěn me]

什么样
shén me yàng

what kind?; what sort?

凭什么
píng shén me

(spoken) why?

恁么
rèn me

what?

干么
gàn má

see 幹嘛|干嘛[gàn má]

怎么得了
zěn me dé liǎo

how can this be?

再怎么
zài zěn me

no matter how ...

什么时候
shén me shí hou

when?

怎么样
zěn me yàng

how?

么么
me me

kissing sound (slang onom.)

怎么办
zěn me bàn

what's to be done

都什么年代了
dōu shén me nián dài le

What decade are you living in?

什么好说
shén me hǎo shuō

sth pertinent to say

什么地方
shén me dì fang

somewhere

为什么
wèi shén me

why?

什么人
shén me rén

who?

这么样
zhè me yàng

thus

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?