how?; what?; why?

so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this

like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then; in that case

why?; for what reason?

exclamatory final particle

interrogative final particle

suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc

how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things?

what are you doing?; what's he up to?

what's to be done

it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome

what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about?

how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent

what kind?; what sort?

or; either one or the other

not very; not particularly

what?; how?; how about?; whatever; also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5]

not up to much; very indifferent; nothing great about it; nothing good to be said about it

youngest; most junior; tiny; one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military); one or ace on dice or dominoes; variant of 吆[yao1], to shout

surname Yao

thus; in this way; like this

thus; in this way

euphemistic equivalent of 他媽的|他妈的[ta1 ma1 de5]

kissing sound (slang onom.)

pair of aces (in dominoes); double one

variant of 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4 ma2]

one-two or ace-deuce (smallest throw at dice); a prostitute

(coll.) youngest son

(coll.) youngest daughter

ace

(mahjong) bird tile; one bam

(old) this way; what?

(coll.) youngest child

Internet slang for 怎麼|怎么[zen3 me5]

What's up?; Is something the matter?; (coll.) (used in rhetorical questions of the form 關|关[guan1] + {person} + 什麼事|什么事[shen2 me5 shi4] "what business is it of {person}'s?; what's it to {person}?")

who?; what (kind of) person?

and so on; and so forth; and what not

(coll.) what the hell?; what on earth? (expression of confusion, disbelief or annoyance)

no matter how ...

(spoken) why?; for which reason?

idemfactor (math.)

What's up?; What's going on?; What happened?

such a small amount of (money, time etc)

(do sth) that way; like that

to play knucklebones (dialect)

somewhere; someplace; where

sth pertinent to say

when?; at what time?

(idiom) insignificant wretch