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| 麻 |
*mraːl |
| 痲 |
*mraːl |
| 犘 |
*mraːl |
| 縻 |
*mral |
| 醿 |
*mral |
| 爢 |
*mral |
| 蘼 |
*mral, *mralʔ, *mrɯl |
| 靡 |
*mralʔ |
| 摩 |
*maːl, *maːls |
| 魔 |
*maːl |
| 磨 |
*maːl, *maːls |
| 劘 |
*maːl |
| 麽 |
*maːl |
| 麼 |
*maːlʔ |
| 塺 |
*maːls, *mɯːl |
| 麾 |
*hmral |
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maːlʔ) : phonetic 麻 (OC *mraːl) + semantic 幺 (“small, tiny”).
Etymology 1
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From 物 (MC mjut, “thing”), from 什物 (MC dzyip mjut, “miscellaneous items”) > 什麼／什么 (shénme) (Norman, 1988; Zhang, 1982).
Pronunciation
Note: mo - rare, in poetry, songs.
Definitions
麼
- A particle placed after the topic of a compound sentence, used to express tactfulness.
她麼，想走就讓她走吧。 [MSC, trad.]
她么，想走就让她走吧。 [MSC, simp.]- Tā me, xiǎng zǒu jiù ràng tā zǒu ba. [Pinyin]
- As for her... just let her leave if she wants to. (I don't really care.)
- A suffix for forming pronouns or adverbs.
- 什麼／什么 ― shénme ― what
- 怎麼／怎么 ― zěnme ― how
- 這麼／这么 ― zhème ― like this; so; such
- 多麼／多么 ― duōme ― how; what; so; such
Etymology 2
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From 無 (MC mju).
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麼
- Alternative form of 嗎／吗 (“final interrogative particle”)
- 你記得我麼？／你记得我么？ ― Nǐ jìde wǒ ma? ― Do you remember me?
理所當然我的錯 令你忽然離開 也是我錯麼 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
理所当然我的错 令你忽然离开 也是我错么 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]- From: 2003, 容祖兒, 習慣失戀
- lei5 so2 dong1 jin4 ngo5 dik1 co3, ling6 nei5 fat1 jin4 lei4 hoi1, jaa5 si6 ngo5 co3 mo1 [Jyutping]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
2020, “拼命無恙”, 林夕 (lyrics), 林家謙 (music)performed by 林家謙:
我放下你卻未放低誰麼 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
我放下你却未放低谁么 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]- ngo5 fong3 haa6 nei5 koek3 mei6 fong3 dai1 seoi4 mo1 [Jyutping]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2020, 南华潮剧社 Nam Hwa Opera, 1h22m50s from the start, in 苏六娘 The Tale Of Su Liu Niang:
「母親，你真的，忍心將兒嫁到楊家麼？」 [Teochew, trad.]
「母亲，你真的，忍心将儿嫁到杨家么？」 [Teochew, simp.]- "Mother, how could you bear to let me marry into the Yang family?"
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麼
- (dialectal Mandarin) what
Synonyms
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| Variety
| Location
| Words |
| Classical Chinese |
何 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) |
什麼, 恁麼 obsolete |
| Northeastern Mandarin |
Beijing |
什麼, 嗎兒 |
| Taiwan |
什麼 |
| Chengde |
什麼 |
| Chifeng |
啥 |
| Hulunbuir (Hailar) |
什麼, 啥 |
| Heihe |
什麼, 啥 |
| Qiqihar |
什麼, 啥 |
| Harbin |
什麼, 啥 |
| Jiamusi |
什麼, 啥 |
| Baicheng |
啥 |
| Changchun |
啥 |
| Tonghua |
啥 |
| Shenyang |
什麼, 啥 |
| Jinzhou |
什麼, 啥 |
| Malaysia |
什麼 |
| Singapore |
什麼 |
| Jilu Mandarin |
Tianjin |
嗎 |
| Tangshan |
啥 |
| Cangzhou |
什麼, 嗎 |
| Baoding |
什麼 |
| Shijiazhuang |
啥 |
| Lijin |
啥, 啥稿兒 |
| Weifang (Weicheng) |
啥, 什麼 |
| Weifang (Fangzi) |
什麼 |
| Changle |
啥, 什麼 |
| Shouguang |
啥嘎 |
| Rizhao |
什麼 |
| Wulian |
什麼 |
| Jinan |
麼兒, 麼, 什麼, 麼個 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin |
Dalian |
什麼 |
| Dandong |
什麼, 啥 |
| Yantai |
什麼 |
| Yantai (Muping) |
麼, 麼個 |
| Qingdao |
什麼 |
| Weifang (Hanting) |
什麼 |
| Changyi |
什麼 |
| Gaomi |
什麼 |
| Zhucheng |
什麼 |
| Anqiu |
什麼 |
| Linqu |
什麼 |
| Qingzhou |
啥, 什麼嘎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin |
Luoyang |
啥 |
| Lingbao |
啥兒 |
| Jining |
什麼 |
| Wanrong |
色 |
| Linfen |
啥 |
| Shangqiu |
啥 |
| Yuanyang |
什麼 |
| Zhengzhou |
啥 |
| Xinyang |
啥 |
| Baihe |
啥 |
| Xi'an |
什麼, 啥 |
| Baoji |
啥, 咋麼 |
| Tianshui |
啥 |
| Xining |
啥 |
| Xuzhou |
什麼, 啥, 啥子 |
| Fuyang |
什麼, 啥 |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) |
啥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin |
Yinchuan |
什麼, 啥 |
| Lanzhou |
什麼, 啥 |
| Dunhuang |
啥 |
| Hami |
什麼, 啥 |
| Ürümqi |
啥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin |
Chengdu |
啥子 |
| Nanchong |
啥, 啥子 |
| Dazhou |
啥子 |
| Hanyuan |
啥, 啥子 |
| Xichang |
啥子 |
| Zigong |
啥子 |
| Chongqing |
啥子 |
| Wuhan |
什麼, 麼事 |
| Yichang |
什麼兒 |
| Xiangyang |
什麼, 啥子 |
| Tianmen |
什麼, 什麼的 |
| Lhasa |
啥子 |
| Guiyang |
哪樣 |
| Zunyi |
啷個, 啥子 |
| Bijie |
哪樣, 啷子 |
| Liping |
甚子 |
| Zhaotong |
什麼, 啥子 |
| Dali |
咋個 |
| Kunming |
什麼, 哪樣 |
| Mengzi |
哪樣 |
| Guilin |
什麼 |
| Guilin (Lingui) |
什麼 |
| Guanyang |
什麼 |
| Liuzhou |
什麼 |
| Liuzhou (Luorong) |
什麼 |
| Jishou |
什麼 |
| Changde |
麼得 |
| Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) |
麼子 |
| Hanzhong |
啥子 |
| Dagudi (Maliba) |
什麼 |
| Reshuitang (Longling) |
什麼 |
| Mae Salong (Lancang) |
哪樣, 什麼 |
| Mae Sai (Tengchong) |
什麼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin |
Nanjing |
什麼 |
| Yangzhou |
什麼 |
| Lianyungang |
什麼 |
| Lianshui |
什麼 |
| Nantong |
甚呢 |
| Anqing |
什麼, 麼東西 |
| Wuhu |
什麼 |
| Hefei |
什麼, 哄, 哄個 |
| Hong'an |
什麼, 麼事, 麼東西 |
| Cantonese |
Guangzhou |
乜嘢, 咩嘢, 乜, 咩 |
| Hong Kong |
乜嘢, 咩嘢, 乜, 咩 |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) |
咩嘢 |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) |
乜嘢 |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) |
咩嘢 |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) |
咩嘢 |
| Macau |
乜嘢 |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) |
乜嘢 |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) |
乜嘢 |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) |
乜嘢 |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) |
乜嘢 |
| Foshan |
乜嘢 |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) |
乜嘢 |
| Foshan (Shunde) |
乜嘢 |
| Foshan (Sanshui) |
乜嘢 |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) |
乜嘢 |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) |
乜嘢 |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) |
乜嘢 |
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) |
乜 |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) |
乜 |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) |
乜嘢 |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) |
乜 |
| Taishan |
乜, 乜嘢 |
| Taishan (Guanghai) |
乜, 乜嘎 |
| Kaiping (Chikan) |
乜, 乜啊, 乜嘢 |
| Enping (Niujiang) |
乜嘢 |
| Heshan (Yayao) |
乜嘢 |
| Dongguan |
乜嘢, 乜 |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) |
乜嘢 |
| Shenzhen (Dapeng) |
乜嘢, 乜 |
| Yangjiang |
乜, 乜嘢 |
| Wuzhou |
乜嘢 |
| Hepu (Lianzhou) |
物底 |
| Guiping |
乜嘢 |
| Mengshan (Xihe) |
什麼 |
| Beiliu (Tangliao) |
乜嘢 |
| Baise |
乜嘢 |
| Qinzhou |
乜嘢, 乜 |
| Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) |
乜底 |
| Beihai |
乜嘢 |
| Beihai (Nankang) |
乜嘢 |
| Beihai (Yingpan) |
乜底 |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) |
乜嘢 |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) |
乜嘢 |
| Hengzhou |
哪門 |
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) |
乜嘢 |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) |
乜嘢, 咩 |
| Penang (Guangfu) |
乜嘢, 咩 |
| Singapore (Guangfu) |
乜嘢, 咩, 乜 |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) |
乜嘢 |
| Móng Cái |
乜嘢 |
| Yangon (Taishan) |
乜 |
| Gan |
Nanchang |
什哩 |
| Lichuan |
什仔 |
| Pingxiang |
咋個 |
| Hakka |
Meixian |
麼個 |
| Xingning |
麼個 |
| Dabu (Gaobei) |
麼個 |
| Fengshun (Tangkeng) |
麼個 |
| Fengshun (Fengliang) |
麼個 |
| Fengshun (Pantian) |
麼個 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) |
乜嘢 |
| Huiyang |
麼個 |
| Huidong (Daling) |
麼個 |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) |
麼個 |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) |
麼個 |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) |
乜嘢 |
| Wuhua (Huacheng) |
麼個 |
| Wengyuan |
麼個 |
| Nanxiong (Zhuji) |
什麼 |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) |
麼個 |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) |
麼個 |
| Liannan |
麼個 |
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) |
麼個 |
| Jiexi |
麼個 |
| Luhe |
麼個 |
| Changting |
麼個, 什西哩, 什西 |
| Wuping |
麼個, 麼事 |
| Wuping (Pingyu) |
麼個 |
| Liancheng |
麼個, 什麼 |
| Ninghua |
什麼 |
| Yudu |
子個 |
| Ruijin |
咩, 唔幾 |
| Shicheng |
什麼 |
| Shangyou (Shexi) |
哪個, 哪項, 個哪, 哪 |
| Tonggu (Sandu) |
麼個 |
| Ganzhou (Panlong) |
什麼 |
| Dayu |
什麼 |
| Taoyuan |
麼個 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) |
麼個 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) |
麼個 |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) |
麼個 |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) |
麼個 |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) |
麼個 |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) |
麼個 |
| Nantou (Guoxing; Lufeng) |
麼個 |
| Hong Kong |
麼個 |
| Mengshan (Xihe) |
麼個 |
| Luchuan |
麼個 |
| Senai (Huiyang) |
麼個 |
| Kuching (Hepo) |
乜個 |
| Singkawang |
麼個 |
| Pontianak (Meixian) |
麼個 |
| Singapore (Dabu) |
麼個 |
| Bangkok (Meixian) |
麼個 |
| Bangkok (Fengshun) |
麼個 |
| Huizhou |
Jixi |
麼仂 |
| Shexian |
麼二 |
| Jin |
Taiyuan |
甚 |
| Yangyuan |
什麼, 啥, 咋, 甚 |
| Datong |
啥 |
| Xinzhou |
甚 |
| Lüliang (Lishi) |
甚 |
| Changzhi |
什麼 |
| Linhe |
什麼, 甚 |
| Jining |
甚 |
| Hohhot |
甚 |
| Erenhot |
什麼, 甚 |
| Pingshan |
什麼兒 |
| Zhangjiakou |
什麼 |
| Handan |
什麼, 啥 |
| Linzhou |
啥 |
| Suide |
什麼, 甚 |
| Jiuxing Yumin |
Lanxi |
啥哩 |
| Northern Min |
Jian'ou |
孰事, 孰麼, 孰麼事 |
| Jian'ou (Dikou) |
橘二, 橘二事 |
| Songxi |
什麼事 |
| Jianyang |
孰事 |
| Wuyishan |
什麼事 |
| Pucheng (Shibei) |
孰麼, 孰, 孰麼事, 孰事, 孰麼契, 孰契 |
| Eastern Min |
Fuzhou |
什乇, 什名, 什乇名, 面乇名 |
| Fuzhou (Changle) |
什乇 |
| Fuqing |
什乇, 乜乇 |
| Pingtan |
什乇 |
| Yongtai |
哪乇 |
| Gutian |
乇, 什乇 |
| Fu'an |
乜乇 |
| Ningde |
哪乇 |
| Shouning |
呢乇 |
| Zhouning |
乜乇 |
| Fuding |
哪乇 |
| Matsu |
什乇 |
| Singapore (Fuqing) |
什乇 |
| Southern Min |
Xiamen |
什物, 啥物, 啥貨 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) |
什物 |
| Quanzhou |
啥物, 乜 |
| Jinjiang |
啥物 |
| Nan'an |
什物 |
| Shishi |
啥物 |
| Hui'an |
什物 |
| Anxi |
啥物 |
| Yongchun |
啥物 |
| Dehua |
啥物 |
| Zhangzhou |
哪貨仔, 哪貨, 哪仔, 哪物仔, 哪物, 什物, 啥物, 啥貨, 啥物仔, 啥貨仔 |
| Zhangzhou (Longhai) |
啥物, 啥 |
| Zhangzhou (Changtai) |
啥 |
| Hua'an |
什物 |
| Nanjing |
哪物 |
| Pinghe |
啥物 |
| Zhangpu |
啥貨 |
| Yunxiao |
什物仔 |
| Zhao'an |
什物 |
| Dongshan |
什物 |
| Taipei |
啥貨, 啥物, 啥 |
| Taipei (Wanhua) |
啥物 |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) |
啥 |
| Kaohsiung |
啥, 啥貨, 啥物 |
| Kaohsiung (Cijin) |
啥物, 啥 |
| Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) |
啥物, 啥 |
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) |
啥物, 啥 |
| Yilan |
啥貨, 啥物貨 |
| Changhua (Lukang) |
啥物, 啥貨 |
| Taichung |
啥, 啥貨 |
| Taichung (Wuqi) |
啥物 |
| Tainan |
啥物, 啥貨 |
| Taitung |
啥物 |
| Hsinchu |
啥, 啥物 |
| Kinmen |
啥貨, 啥物, 什物, 物代 |
| Penghu (Magong) |
啥貨, 物代 |
| Penang (Hokkien) |
何物 |
| Singapore (Hokkien) |
什物 |
| Manila (Hokkien) |
啥物 |
| Medan (Hokkien) |
何物 |
| Longyan |
什物 |
| Datian |
啥貨, 什物 |
| Chaozhou |
乜個, 乜 |
| Shantou |
乜個, 乜 |
| Shantou (Chenghai) |
乜個 |
| Shantou (Chaoyang) |
乜個 |
| Jieyang |
乜個, 乜, 是乜 |
| Haifeng |
乜個, 乜 |
| Bangkok (Teochew) |
乜個 |
| Phnom Penh (Teochew) |
乜個 |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) |
乜個 |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) |
乜個 |
| Singapore (Teochew) |
乜個, 什乜, 底個 |
| Batam (Teochew) |
乜個, 什乜, 底個 |
| Pontianak (Teochew) |
乜個 |
| Leizhou |
乜 |
| Wenchang |
乜 |
| Haikou |
乜, 個乜 |
| Qionghai |
乜 |
| Singapore (Hainanese) |
乜 |
| Puxian Min |
Putian |
甚麼 |
| Central Min |
Yong'an |
啥貨 |
| Sanming (Sanyuan) |
啥貨 |
| Sanming (Shaxian) |
啥貨 |
| Zhongshan Min |
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) |
乜儗 |
| Southern Pinghua |
Nanning (Tingzi) |
門, 哪門 |
| Binyang (Xinqiao) |
哪門 |
| Waxiang |
Guzhang (Gaofeng) |
什個 |
| Luxi (Lijiatian) |
什家 |
| Wu |
Shanghai |
啥, 啥個, 啥物事 |
| Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang) |
啥物 |
| Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong) |
啥物事 |
| Shanghai (Fengxian) |
啥物 |
| Shanghai (Jinshan) |
做啥 |
| Shanghai (Qingpu) |
哈個 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) |
何, 何物, 何物事 |
| Suzhou |
啥, 啥個, 啥物事 |
| Wuxi |
啥, 啥個, 啥物事, 啥物 |
| Danyang |
點高 |
| Hangzhou |
啥 |
| Ningbo |
啥, 啥西 |
| Wenzhou |
何乜 |
| Jinhua |
待, 淡 |
| Xiang |
Changsha |
麼子 |
| Loudi |
麼子 |
| Shuangfeng |
麼子 |
| Quanzhou |
什麼 |
| Guanyang (Wenshi) |
啥 |
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Dialectal synonyms of
什麼 (“what”)
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| Zhengzhang system (2003) |
| Character |
麼 |
| Reading # |
1/1 |
| No. |
8709 |
Phonetic
component |
麻 |
Rime
group |
歌 |
Rime
subdivision |
1 |
Corresponding
MC rime |
麼 |
Old
Chinese |
/*maːlʔ/ |
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Compounds
- 么麼 (yāomó)
- 么麼小丑
- 也麼哥／也么哥
- 作麼生／作么生
- 篤麼／笃么
- 麼些族／么些族
- 麼娘／么娘
- 麼子／么子
- 麼子事／么子事
- 麼波／么波
- 麼那／么那
- 麼陋／么陋
Hanja
麼 • (ma) (hangeul 마, revised ma, McCune–Reischauer ma, Yale ma)
- small
- thin
