这么

Character by character

• 这zhè8 strokesHSK 1 traditional 這this, the, here
• 么me3 strokesHSK 1 traditional 幺interrogative particle; small

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 这么. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 这zhèHSK 1

  (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhèi], esp. in Beijing)

• 什么shén meHSK 1

  what?; something; anything

• 这样zhè yàngHSK 2

  this kind of; so; this way; like this; such

• 怎么zěn meHSK 1

  how?; what?; why?

• 这些zhè xiēHSK 1

  these

• 那么nà meHSK 2

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

• 这里zhè lǐHSK 1

  here

• 为什么wèi shén meHSK 2

  why?; for what reason?

• 怎么样zěn me yàngHSK 2

  how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things?

• 怎么办zěn me bànHSK 2

  what's to be done

• 没什么méi shén meHSK 1

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

• 多么duō meHSK 2

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

• 什么样shén me yàngHSK 2

  what kind?; what sort?

• 要么yào meHSK 6

  or; either one or the other

• 这儿zhè rHSK 1

  here

• 干什么gàn shén meHSK 1

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

• 这边zhè biānHSK 1

  this side; here

• 这时zhè shíHSK 2

  at this time; at this moment

• 这时候zhè shíhòuHSK 2

  At this moment

• 不怎么bù zěn meHSK 6

  not very; not particularly

• 这会儿zhè huì rHSK 7

  (coll.) now; this moment; also pr. [zhè huǐ r]

• 这就是说zhè jiù shì shuōHSK 6

  in other words; that is to say

• 不怎么样bù zěn me yàngHSK 6

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

• 这样一来zhè yàng yī láiHSK 7

  thus; if this happens then