characters - What is the meaning of 么? - Chinese Language Stack …
2015年7月20日 · 么 has lost most of its lexical meaning in modern usage, but it appears to have originally been derived from the word 物, meaning 'thing'. Chinese by Jerry Norman, pp. 119-20 makes mention of the etymology of various modern words featuring 么:
What is the difference between "吗 (mǎ)" and "么 (ma)"?
2015年1月6日 · 么(ma)同"吗" That is saying 么(ma) is equal to 吗(mǎ). If you said the simple usage of 么(mē) and 吗, there is some difference. 么 usually explain the not strong sense of doubt, and 吗 is little stronger. But the level of doubt sense is often depended on volume, if you speak loud , 么 can be stronger than 吗 in some condition.
Someone said 24-hour time for 0215 can be 零二么五小時
2024年8月18日 · In typing its rare to interchange at all, but 么 for 幺 in the scenario you list is far far rarer than 幺 for 么-- very possibly a simple typo or unique to a small area//nonstandard education. Please be aware that 么 as a surname is pronounced as yāo, completely unrelated to this discussion example but maybe muddying your search.
simplified characters - Difference between 幺 and 么 - Chinese …
2023年12月3日 · Both 漢典 and 國語辭典 all say 幺 can be another form of 么。 漢典：幺，小也。象子初生之形。俗字作么。 國語辭典：「么」的異體字。 However, both dictionaries also say 幺 have only one pronunciation ㄧㄠyao and it means small. Unlike 么, it isn't pronounced as ㄇㄛˊmó,˙ㄇㄚma, or ˙ㄇㄜme.
cantonese - Simplified variant of 幺? - Chinese Language Stack …
Wenlin: 么 originated as another way of writing 幺 (yāo) 'small', depicting two tiny silk cocoons. Another word meaning 'small' is 麽 or 麼 mó, written with 么 or 幺 plus 麻 má phonetic on top. The second syllable of the modern words shénme 'what', zěnme 'how', nàme 'so', etc., also came to be written with the character 麽 or 麼.
What is the difference between 怎么 and 如何？
2012年2月24日 · Cases/Examples that you'd use 怎么 rather than 如何. 你怎么在这儿？ Why are you here? (Can be used as a joke to tease someone for showing up at the same place you did)
你好啊？ or 你好吗？ Which is more common?
2014年11月14日 · If someone says to me 你好吗, I may jokingly reply, 我 有 什 么 不 好？ In English you do not for no specific reason say "How are you today" because it implies you were not that good yesterday or sometime in the recent past. Finally, a Chinese rarely if ever use 吃了没 to a non-Chinese, though I am not sure of the reverse.
作为姓氏 么和幺是一回事吗？ - 知乎
楼上明显就不懂，我可以告诉你是一回事！因为我就是这个姓氏，初中以前都写成么，包括我老爸的第一代身份证也是么，可是等我老爸换二代身份证的时候，派出所在系统里用拼音yao打不出么字，所以无奈改成幺，等我到初中开始办理身份证的时候，自然而然也就改成幺了，为此我也很苦 …
么西么西什么意思？ - 知乎
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When to use counters with 这 and 那
2020年5月22日 · The answer lies in the difference between a ''Specifier'' and a ''Demonstrative''. In English the words ''this'' and ''that'' can each function as specifiers or demonstratives.