= m + o2
tiny / insignificant
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variant of 麼|么[me5]
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How to pronounce 麽

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= m initial

M is for Mahatma Gandhi.

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+ e5 final

On the elevator’s roof.

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= m initial

M is for Mahatma Gandhi.

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+ o2 final

In the observatory’s kitchen.

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麽 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= m + a2
variant of 麻[ma2] / hemp
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= m + a2
surname Ma
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= m + a2
generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL:縷|缕[lü3] / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb
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= m + a2
exclamatory final particle
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ma = m + a5
interrogative final particle
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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
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variant of 麼|么[me5]
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yāo = y + ao1
youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout
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Characters with 麽 as component

= m + o2
dialectal or obsolete equivalent of 媽|妈[ma1] / Taiwan pr. [ma1]
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Words with 麽

variant of 怎麼|怎么[zen3 me5]

Sentences with 麽

麽 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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