这么 (zhème) means In this way (like this - so - very). Below are 24 of the 40 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
别对客人 这么 冷淡。
Bié duì kèren zhème lěngdàn.
Do not be so cool toward the guests.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 冷淡
生活不应该 这么 单调。
Shēnghuó bù yīnggāi zhème dāndiào.
Life should not be this dull.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 单调
难怪他今天 这么 高兴。
Nánguài tā jīntiān zhème gāoxìng.
No wonder he is so happy today.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 难怪
这么 好的机会很难得。
Zhème hǎo de jīhuì hěn nándé.
Such a good chance is rare.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 难得
哦，原来是 这么 回事。
Ò, yuánlái shì zhème huí shì.
Oh, so that's what it was about.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 哦
没有人强迫他 这么 做。
Méiyǒu rén qiǎngpò tā zhème zuò.
Nobody forced him to do this.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 强迫
赢了一次就 这么 神气？
Yíng le yí cì jiù zhème shénqì?
One win and you're this cocky?
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 神气
赢了一场就 这么 威风？
Yíng le yì chǎng jiù zhème wēifēng?
One win and you're this full of yourself?
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 威风
这么 重要的东西别丢了。
Zhème zhòngyào de dōngxi bié diū le.
Do not lose something this important.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 丢
对孩子不要 这么 不耐烦。
Duì háizi bùyào zhème búnàifán.
Do not be so impatient with the children.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 不耐烦
怪不得 这么 冷，下雪了。
Guài bu de zhème lěng, xià xuě le.
No wonder it is so cold; it is snowing.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 怪不得
路 这么 远，何况又下雨。
Lù zhème yuǎn, hékuàng yòu xià yǔ.
The way is so far, and it is raining besides.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 何况
这么 多事他应付不过来。
Zhème duō shì tā yìngfu bu guòlái.
He cannot cope with so many things.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 应付
他不至于生 这么 大的气。
Tā bú zhìyú shēng zhème dà de qì.
He would not go so far as to get that angry.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 至于
别辜负了 这么 好的机会。
Bié gūfù le zhème hǎo de jīhuì.
Don't waste such a good opportunity.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 辜负
大家 这么 说实在是过奖。
Dàjiā zhème shuō shízài shì guòjiǎng.
It really is too kind of everyone to say so.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 过奖
我 这么 做无非是想帮你。
Wǒ zhème zuò wúfēi shì xiǎng bāng nǐ.
I did this simply because I wanted to help you.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 无非
这么 难的题他竟然做对了。
Zhème nán de tí tā jìngrán zuò duì le.
He actually got such a hard question right.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 竟然
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From the graded readers
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
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
这么 appears in 40 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.
Questions about 这么
How is 这么 used in a sentence?
This page shows 40 sentences using 这么 (zhème, "In this way (like this - so - very)"), 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.
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