麼

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

tiny / insignificant

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

variant of 麻[ma2] / hemp

surname Ma

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

what? / something / anything

how? / what? / why?

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

what kind? / what sort? / what appearance?

what kind?; what sort?

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

and so on / and what not

not very / not particularly

when? / at what time?

somewhere / someplace / where

who? / what (kind of) person?

What brings you here? (idiom)

no matter how ...

lit. whatever mountain one is on, one should sing its songs (idiom) / fig. when in Rome, do as the Romans do

what? / which?

insignificant wretch

see 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4 ma2]

not up to much / very indifferent / nothing great about it / nothing good to be said about it

What's up? / What's going on? / What happened?

sth pertinent to say