那么

那么 nàme in a sentence

That (that one - then)

Full dictionary entry 6 sentences

那么 (nàme) means That (that one - then). Below are 6 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

他永远 那么 认真。

Tā yǒngyuǎn nàme rènzhēn.

He is forever so conscientious.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 永远

问题没有 那么 单纯。

Wèntí méiyǒu nàme dānchún.

The problem is not that simple.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 单纯

这里依然 那么 安静。

Zhèlǐ yīrán nàme ānjìng.

It is still as quiet here as ever.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 依然

事情并非像你想的 那么 简单。

Shìqing bìngfēi xiàng nǐ xiǎng de nàme jiǎndān.

Things are by no means as simple as you think.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 并非

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From the graded readers

四年里说了 那么 多话,最后十分钟反而说不出来。

sìnián lǐ shuōle nàme duō huà, zuìhòu shífēn zhōng fǎn'ér shuō bùchū lái.

Four years of talking, and in the last ten minutes we couldn't manage anything.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye

我走上台,看着下面 那么 多张脸,脑子忽然一片空白。

wǒ zǒushang tái, kànzhe xiàmian nàme duō zhāng liǎn, nǎozi hūrán yīpiàn kòngbái.

I walked on stage, looked at all those faces, and my mind went blank.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech

Questions about 那么

How is 那么 used in a sentence?

This page shows 6 sentences using 那么 (nàme, "That (that one - then)"), 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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The dictionary page for 那么 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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