么 (me) means ([used in questions]). Below are 24 of the 181 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
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From the graded readers
爸爸说：“你想吃什 么 ？”
bàba shuō:" nǐ xiǎng chī shénme?"
Dad said, "What do you want to eat?"
Graded reader · HSK 1 · At the Restaurant
她又问：“工作怎 么 样？”
tā yòu wèn:" gōngzuò zěnmeyàng?"
Then she asked, "How's work?"
Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call
说实话，我自己也这 么 想。
shuō shíhuà, wǒ zìjǐ yě zhème xiǎng.
To be honest, I thought the same.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
那个人点了点头，没说什 么 。
nèigè rén diǎn le / liǎo / liào diǎntóu, méi shuō shénme.
The interviewer nodded and said nothing.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
我从来没见过她这 么 年轻的样子。
wǒ cónglái méi jiànguò tā zhème niánqīng de / dì yàngzi.
I had never seen her looking that young.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
我说：“四年就这 么 点儿东西？”
wǒ shuō:" sìnián jiù zhème diǎn ér dōngxī?"
I said, "Four years and that's all you've got?"
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
这 么 一想，问题就变得很简单了。
zhème yī xiǎng, wèntí jiù biànde hěn jiǎndān le / liǎo / liào.
Put like that, the question became very simple.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
From the travel phrasebook
质检怎 么 做？
Zhìjiǎn zěnme zuò?
How is quality control done?
Travel phrasebook · Trade fairs and factory visits
运费怎 么 算？
Yùnfèi zěnme suàn?
How is the shipping worked out?
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
From the grammar library
你什 么 时候来？
Nǐ shénme shíhou lái?
When are you coming?
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Question words stay in place
你在做什 么 呢？
Nǐ zài zuò shénme ne?
What are you doing?
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 在 — location and "-ing"
你是什 么 时候来的？
Nǐ shì shénme shíhou lái de?
When did you get here?
Grammar library · HSK 4 · 是…的 — emphasising the details
么 appears in 181 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 么
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Questions about 么
How is 么 used in a sentence?
This page shows 181 sentences using 么 (me, "([used in questions])"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 么 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 么 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 么?
The dictionary page for 么 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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