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HSK
how? / what? / why?
HSK 1
what? / something; anything
HSK 1
it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind / think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome
HSK 1
what are you doing? / what's he up to?
HSK 1
what's to be done
HSK 2
how? / how about? / how was it? / how are things?
HSK 2
so much / this much / how much? / this way / like this
HSK 2
like that; in that way; to that extent / (before a number) ... or so; about ... / then; in that case
HSK 2
why? / for what reason?
HSK 2
how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent
HSK 2
what kind?; what sort?
HSK 2
or / either one or the other
HSK 6
not very / not particularly
HSK 6
not up to much / very indifferent / nothing great about it / nothing good to be said about it
HSK 6
no matter how ...
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *麼* | 麼* | *麼
exclamatory final particle
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *麼* | 麼* | *麼
interrogative final particle
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *麼* | 麼* | *麼
suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么, what?, indefinite 這麼|这么 thus, etc
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *麼* | 麼* | *麼
tiny / insignificant
and so on; and so forth; and what not
kissing sound (slang onom.)
how can this be? / what's to be done? / what an awful mess!
thus / in this way / like this
(old) this way / what?
thus / in this way
who? / what (kind of) person?
what? / how? / how about? / whatever / also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5]
such a small amount of (money, time etc)
(do sth) that way; like that
variant of 幹嘛|干嘛
(spoken) why? / for which reason?
What's up?; Is something the matter? / (coll.) (used in rhetorical questions of the form 關|关 + {person} + 什麼事|什么事 "what business is it of {person}'s?; what's it to {person}?")
what's the matter? / what's going on? / how could that be? / how did that come about? / what's it all about?
it is nothing / there's nothing ... about it
What's up? / What's going on? / What happened?
somewhere / someplace / where
What decade are you living in? / That's so out-of-date!
nothing is impossible / there's nothing impossible about it
What brings you here? (idiom)
(idiom) insignificant wretch
sth pertinent to say
when?; at what time?
lit. whatever mountain one is on, one should sing its songs (idiom) / fig. when in Rome, do as the Romans do
How did it happen? / What's wrong? / What went wrong? / What's up?
Why is that?; How come?
it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
euphemistic equivalent of 他媽的|他妈的
Internet slang for 怎麼|怎么
what has (he) got up (his) sleeve? / what's going on?
to play knucklebones (dialect)


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