Chinese
怎麼
/t͡sən²¹⁴ mə⁴/
how
- TOCFL 2
- 怎麽
- 腫麼
- 怎么
- 肿么
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- characterChinese怎 “how; why”
- soundChinese乍 “suddenly”
- meaningChinese心 “heart (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 個／个 c; 粒 mn)”
- characterChinese麼 “A particle placed after the topic of a compound sentence, used to express tactfulness.”
- soundChinese麻 “general name for hemp, flax, jute, etc.”
- ideaChinese厂 “cliff; habitable cave on a cliff”
- ideaChinese𣏟 “ramie”
- meaningChinese幺 “tiny; minute”
- soundChinese麻 “general name for hemp, flax, jute, etc.”
Sources
- HSK / TOCFL word lists — Facts (levels)
- 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
- Written form — n/a
- Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0