| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 不怎麼 | 不怎么 | bù zěn me | not very; not particularly |
| 不怎麼樣 | 不怎么样 | bù zěn me yàng | not up to much; very indifferent; nothing great about it; nothing good to be said about it |
| 多麼 | 多么 | duō me | how (wonderful, etc); what (a great idea, etc); however (difficult it may be, etc) |
| 幹什麼 | 干什么 | gàn shén me | what are you doing? |
| 麼地道 | 么地道 | Má dì dao | Mody Road |
| 么 | ma | (interrog. part.) | |
| 麽 | 么 | me | (interrog. suff.) |
| 沒什麼 | 没什么 | méi shén me | (idiom) nothing; (idiom) never mind; it's nothing |
| 沒甚麼 | 没甚么 | méi shén me | nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind |
| 沒有什麼 | 没有什么 | méi yǒu shén me | there's nothing (... about it) |
| 那麼 | 那么 | nà me | like that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case |
| 什麼 | 什么 | shén me | what?; who?; something; anything |
| 甚麼 | 甚么 | shén me | what |
| 什麼的 | 什么的 | shén me de | and so on; and what not |
| 甚麼是 | 甚么是 | shén me shì | what is ...? |
| 什麼樣 | 什么样 | shén me yàng | what kind?; what sort? |
| 為什麼 | 为什么 | wèi shén me | why; for what reason |
| 為甚麼 | 为甚么 | wèi shén me | why; for what reason |
| 么 | yāo | one on dice; small | |
| 么點 | 么点 | yāo diǎn | ace |
| 要麼 | 要么 | yào me | (conj) either X or Y (used when given a choice between two things) |
| 怎麼 | 怎么 | zěn me | how?; what?; why? |
| 怎麼辦 | 怎么办 | zěn me bàn | what's to be done |
| 怎麼樣 | 怎么样 | zěn me yàng | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? |
| 怎麼著 | 怎么着 | zěn me zhe | (pron) what; (idiom) "whatever", used to replace some verbs in a sentence to form a more general sentence |
| 這麼 | 这么 | zhè me | so much; this much; this way; like this |
| 這麼著 | 这么着 | zhè me zhe | (v) this way; in this manner |
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