Mandarinbanana – Sentences

nà

shì

shén

me

？

What is that?

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(coll.) of course / naturally / indeed

nā = n + a1

surname Na

nuó = nu + o2

surname Nuo

nǎ = n + a3

variant of 哪[na3]

nà = n + a4

that / those / then (in that case) / commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing

nuó = nu + o2

(archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of 挪[nuo2]

shì = sh + Ø4

variant of 是[shi4] / (used in given names)

shì = sh + Ø4

to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)

what? / something / anything

shén = sh + (e)n2

what

shí = sh + Ø2

ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous

má = m + a2

exclamatory final particle

ma = m + a5

interrogative final particle

me = m + e5

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

me = m + e5

variant of 麼|么[me5]

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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