Chinese
那麼
/nä⁵¹ mə¹/
so; that
- TOCFL 5
- 那麽
- 那么
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- characterChinese那 “that; those”
- meaningChinese邑 “state; country; nation”
- ideaChinese囗 “box, enclosure”
- ideaChinese卪 “joint; node”
- meaningChinese邑 “state; country; nation”
- 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
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- Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0