么

surname Yao

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

exclamatory final particle

interrogative final particle

suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc

variant of 麼|么[me5]

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

old variant of 某[mou3]

old variant of 私[si1]

what? / something / anything

variant of 怎麼|怎么[zen3 me5]

how? / what? / why?

why? / for what reason?

so much / this much / how much? / this way / like this

like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case

how? / how about? / how was it? / how are things?

nothing / it doesn't matter / it's nothing / never mind

what's to be done

what are you doing? / what's he up to?

what kind?; what sort?

what kind? / what sort? / what appearance?

how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent

or / either one or the other

and so on / and what not

what? / how? / how about? / whatever / also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5]

not very / not particularly

thus / in this way / like this

thus / in this way

how can this be? / what's to be done? / what an awful mess!