那麼

See also: 那么

Chinese

		that; those; which	dimi.
trad. (那麼/那麽)		那	麼/麽
simp. (那么)		那	么
alternative forms		那末

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nàme

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˋ ˙ㄇㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naa⁵ mo¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nā--mo͘
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶na-meq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nàme
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˋ ˙ㄇㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nàme̊
  - Wade–Giles: na⁴-mê⁵
  - Yale: nà-me
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nah.me
  - Palladius: намэ (namɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä⁵¹ mə¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naa⁵ mo¹
  - Yale: náh mō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naa⁵ mo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: na⁵ mo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naː¹³ mɔː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nā--mo͘
  - Tâi-lô: nā--moo
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶na-meq
  - MiniDict: na^去 meh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³na-meq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /na²² məʔ⁴⁴/

Adverb

那麼

so; that
畢業生各種煽情，感情真的那麼深嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
毕业生各种煽情，感情真的那么深吗？ [MSC, simp.]
Bìyèshēng gèzhǒng shānqíng, gǎnqíng zhēnde nàme shēn ma? [Pinyin]
Look at how emotional the graduating students are—are their relationships really that deep?

這麼近，那麼美，週末到河北！ [MSC, trad.]
这么近，那么美，周末到河北！ [MSC, simp.]
Zhème jìn, nàme měi, zhōumò dào Héběi! [Pinyin]
So close, so beautiful, go to Hebei for the weekend!

你那麼能幹，絕不要被小事牽累。 [MSC, trad.]
你那么能干，绝不要被小事牵累。 [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ nàme nénggàn, jué bùyào bèi xiǎoshì qiānlěi. [Pinyin]
You're so competent; don't ever let something trivial tie you down.
- Apple公司已經從MacOS9升級到MacOSX，但是在印刷、出版界的升級遠遠沒有那麼快。 [MSC, trad.]
  Apple公司已经从MacOS9升级到MacOSX，但是在印刷、出版界的升级远远没有那么快。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2006, anon. 桌面出版 (Desktop publishing)
  Apple gōngsī yǐjīng cóng Mac OS 9 shēngjí dào Mac OS X, dànshì zài yìnshuā, chūbǎnjiè de shēngjí yuǎnyuǎn méiyǒu nàme kuài. [Pinyin]
  Apple has already upgraded from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X, but the upgrade to the printing and publishing industry is by no means that fast.

Synonyms

那樣／那样 (nàyàng)
(Cantonese) 咁
(Hakka) 恁
(Jin) 兀來／兀来
(Hokkien) 遐, 遐爾／遐尔, 遐爾仔／遐尔仔, 喝
(Shanghainese) 乃末

Derived terms

那麼些 / 那么些 (nàmexiē)
那麼樣 / 那么样
那麼點 / 那么点

Conjunction

那麼

in that case; then
- 那麼我們就可以找到這個矩陣的逆 [MSC, trad.]
  那么我们就可以找到这个矩阵的逆 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2006, anon. BCH码 (BCH code)
  nàme wǒmen jiù kěyǐ zhǎo dào zhège jǔzhèn de nì [Pinyin]
  then we can actually, find an inverse of this matrix

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 噉 (gam2)
(Hokkien) 按呢 (án-ne, án-ni)
(Shanghainese) 噶末

Japanese

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Mandarin 那麼 / 那么 (nàme).

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
那	麼
そんな
Grade: S	Hyōgai
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 那麼 – see the following entry.

【そんな】

[adjective] like that; that kind of

[interjection] expression of disbelief; no!; no way!; impossible!; it can't be!

Alternative spellings
其様な, 其様, 其麼

(This term, 那麼, is an alternative spelling (literary, obsolete) of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
那	麼
あんな
Grade: S	Hyōgai
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 那麼 – see the following entry.

【あんな】

[adjective] like that, such (referring to something or someone in the distance away from the speaker and the listener); that (distant) kind of

Alternative spellings
彼様な, 彼様

(This term, 那麼, is an alternative spelling (literary, obsolete) of the above term.)