IDENTITY
么mesuffix (neutral tone)
HSK 1Top 30
CORE MEANING
suffix (neutral tone)
- Part of speech
- particle
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.particle in 什么/怎么HSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 丿slash radical (piě)
- strokes
- 3
- Structure
- single structure
- IDS sequence
- ⿱丿厶
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
什么shénmewhat
怎么zěnmehow
多么duōmehow (much)
Graded examples
没什么。Méi shénme.HSK2
It’s nothing.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 幺
LEARNING
Memory aid
A tiny private mark (厶) — the soft ending that makes a question word.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #30
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
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