Radical
丿
Strokes
3
Residual strokes
2
Mandarin
me yāo
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
丿
Residual strokes
2 strokes
Strokes
3 strokes
Mandarin
me / yāo

Definitions by reading

moh4 mo7
Mandarin equivalent me
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng moh4 Chaoyang moh4 Chenghai moh4 Jieyang moh4 Raoping moh4 Shantou moh4
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng mo7 Chaoyang mo7 Chenghai mo7 Jieyang mo7 Raoping mo7 Shantou mo7
①用作某些词的后缀:什~ | 怎~ | 那~ | 多~ | 这~。
②助词,表有含蓄的语气,用在前半句末了:不让你去~,你又要去 |  你要去~,那就快走吧! 
③助词,用作歌词中的衬字:五月的花儿,红呀~红似火。
☞口语中用作后缀时,一般读[moh4]。而作助词表转折时,则用[mo7]。
④词尾:怎么|这么|那么
⑤助词,用在前半句末了:不让你去么,你又要去
⑥助词,表有含蓄的语气,用在前半句末了:不让你去么,你又要去
潮州母语资料库
ieu1 mo5
Mandarin equivalent yāo
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng iao1 Chaoyang iao1 Chenghai iou1 Jieyang iao1 Raoping iao1 Shantou iao1
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng mo5 Chaoyang mo5 Chenghai mo5 Jieyang mo5 Raoping mo5 Shantou mo5
①同“幺”。小;幼小:~微(微小) | ~店(幺店子。路边的小店) | ~微(细微)。
②微小:幺麽小丑
潮州母语资料库

English meaning

interrogative particle; repetition of a tune small; tender