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Trad. 麼
- suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc
Trad. 么
- youngest
- most junior
- tiny
- one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military)
- one or ace on dice or dominoes
- variant of 吆[yao1], to shout
Trad. 多麼
- how (wonderful etc)
- what (a great idea etc)
- however (difficult it may be etc)
- (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc)
- to what extent
Trad. 那麼
- like that; in that way; to that extent
- (before a number) ... or so; about ...
- then; in that case
Trad. 怎麼著
- what?
- how?
- how about?
- whatever
- also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5]
Trad. 什麼事
- What's up?; Is something the matter?
- (coll.) (used in rhetorical questions of the form 關|关[guan1] + {person} + 什麼事|什么事[shen2 me5 shi4] "what business is it of {person}'s?; what's it to {person}?")
Trad. 沒什麼
- it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind
- think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome
Trad. 怎麼回事
- what's the matter?
- what's going on?
- how could that be?
- how did that come about?
- what's it all about?
Trad. 怎麼得了
- how can this be?
- what's to be done?
- what an awful mess!
Trad. 怎麼搞的
- How did it happen?
- What's wrong?
- What went wrong?
- What's up?
Trad. 不怎麼樣
- not up to much
- very indifferent
- nothing great about it
- nothing good to be said about it
Trad. 沒有什麼
- it is nothing
- there's nothing ... about it
Trad. 像那麽回事兒
- not bad at all; quite impressive
Trad. 都什麼年代了
- What decade are you living in?
- That's so out-of-date!
Trad. 沒有什麼不可能
- nothing is impossible
- there's nothing impossible about it
Trad. 什麼風把你吹來的
- What brings you here? (idiom)
Trad. 葫蘆裡賣的是什麼藥
- what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?
- what's going on?
Trad. 林子大了，什麼鳥都有
- it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
Trad. 到什麼山上，唱什麼歌
- lit. whatever mountain one is on, one should sing its songs (idiom)
- fig. when in Rome, do as the Romans do