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HSK
what? / something; anything
HSK 1
how? / what? / why?
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
why? / for what reason?
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
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
or / either one or the other
HSK 6
not very / not particularly
HSK 6
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
(old) this way / what?
(spoken) why? / for which reason?
it is nothing / there's nothing ... about it
kissing sound (slang onom.)
no matter how ...
variant of 幹嘛|干嘛
euphemistic equivalent of 他媽的|他妈的
Internet slang for 怎麼|怎么


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