# 麼

| 麼 | U+9EBC, &#40636; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EBC |
| ← 麻 [U+9EBB] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 麽 → [U+9EBD] |

## Translingual
### Han character

麼 (Kangxi radical 200, 麻+3, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈金女戈 (ICVI) or 戈木女戈 (IDVI), four-corner 0023$_2$, composition ⿸麻幺)

#### Derived characters

* 嚒, 嬤, 𢣗, 𣋟, 𩉌, 𩟠, 𩪮

#### Related characters

* 麽 (Variant traditional form of 麼)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1515, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47892
* Dae Jaweon: page 2045, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4724, character 3
* Unihan data for U+9EBC

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 麼
* Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
* Transcribed ancient scripts
| | Old Chinese |
| 麻 | *mraːl |
| 痲 | *mraːl |
| 犘 | *mraːl |
| 縻 | *mral |
| 醿 | *mral |
| 爢 | *mral |
| 蘼 | *mral, *mralʔ, *mrɯl |
| 靡 | *mralʔ |
| 摩 | *maːl, *maːls |
| 魔 | *maːl |
| 磨 | *maːl, *maːls |
| 劘 | *maːl |
| 麽 | *maːl |
| 麼 | *maːlʔ |
| 塺 | *maːls, *mɯːl |
| 麾 | *hmral |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maːlʔ) : phonetic 麻 (OC *mraːl) + semantic 幺 (“small, tiny”).

### Etymology 1

From 物 (MC mjut, “thing”), from 什物 (MC dzyip mjut, “miscellaneous items”) > 什麼／什么 (shénme) (Norman, 1988; Zhang, 1982).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): me, mo (me$^5$／me$^0$, mo$^5$／mo$^0$)
    (Zhuyin): ˙ㄇㄜ, ˙ㄇㄛ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mo$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: me
*** Zhuyin: ˙ㄇㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: me̊
*** Wade–Giles: mê$^5$
*** Yale: me
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .me
*** Palladius: мэ (mɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /mə/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mo
*** Zhuyin: ˙ㄇㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mo̊
*** Wade–Giles: mo$^5$
*** Yale: mwo
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .mo
*** Palladius: мо (mo)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu̯ɔ/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mo$^1$
*** Yale: mō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mo$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɔː⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

麼
* A particle placed after the topic of a compound sentence, used to express tactfulness.
       Tā me, xiǎng zǒu jiù ràng tā zǒu ba. [Pinyin]
       As for her... just let her leave if she wants to. (I don't really care.)
* A suffix for forming pronouns or adverbs.
    什麼／什么 ― shénme ― what
    怎麼／怎么 ― zěnme ― how
    這麼／这么 ― zhème ― like this; so; such
    多麼／多么 ― duōme ― how; what; so; such

#### Compounds

* 什麼／甚麼／什么
* 仔麼／仔么
* 則麼／则么
* 多麼／多么 (duōme)
* 好麼／好么
* 怎麼／怎么
* 恁麼／恁么 (rènme)
* 把麼／把么
* 為什麼／为什么 (wèishénme)
* 罷麼／罢么
* 要麼／要么 (yàome)
* 這麼／这么
* 那麼／那么 (nàme)

### Etymology 2

From 無 (MC mju).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ma, me (ma$^5$／ma$^0$, me$^5$／me$^0$)
    (Zhuyin): ˙ㄇㄚ, ˙ㄇㄜ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mo$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): mó͘ / mô͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ma$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ma
*** Zhuyin: ˙ㄇㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: må
*** Wade–Giles: ma$^5$
*** Yale: ma
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .ma
*** Palladius: ма (ma)
*** Sinological IPA : /mä/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: me
*** Zhuyin: ˙ㄇㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: me̊
*** Wade–Giles: mê$^5$
*** Yale: me
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .me
*** Palladius: мэ (mɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /mə/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mo$^1$
*** Yale: mō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mo$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɔː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mó͘ / mô͘
*** Tâi-lô: móo / môo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: mor, moo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃⁵³/, /mɔ̃²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/, /mɔ̃²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃⁵³/, /mɔ̃¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃⁵³/, /mɔ̃²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃⁴¹/, /mɔ̃²³/
* mó͘, mô͘:
** literary reading.
* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some! Particularly: “Teochew 1:22:55 ”

#### Definitions

麼
* Alternative form of 嗎／吗 (“final interrogative particle”)
    你記得我麼？／你记得我么？ ― Nǐ jìde wǒ ma? ― Do you remember me?
    From: 2003, 容祖兒, 習慣失戀
    lei$^5$ so$^2$ dong$^1$ jin$^4$ ngo$^5$ dik$^1$ co$^3$, ling$^6$ nei$^5$ fat$^1$ jin$^4$ lei$^4$ hoi$^1$, jaa$^5$ si$^6$ ngo$^5$ co$^3$ mo$^1$ [Jyutping]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
** 2020, “拼命無恙 [In a Funk]”, 林夕 [Albert Leung] (lyrics), 林家謙 [Terence Lam] (music)‎performed by 林家謙 [Terence Lam]:
       ngo$^5$ fong$^3$ haa$^6$ nei$^5$ koek$^3$ mei$^6$ fong$^3$ dai$^1$ seoi$^4$ mo$^1$ [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2020, 南华潮剧社 Nam Hwa Opera, 1h22m50s from the start, in 苏六娘 The Tale Of Su Liu Niang‎:
       "Mother, how could you bear to let me marry into the Yang family?"

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): má (ma$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mo$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: má
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: má
*** Wade–Giles: ma$^2$
*** Yale: má
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ma
*** Palladius: ма (ma)
*** Sinological IPA : /mä³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mo$^1$
*** Yale: mō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mo$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɔː⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

麼
* (dialectal Mandarin) what

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 何 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 什麼, 恁麼 obsolete |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 什麼, 嗎兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 什麼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 什麼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 什麼, 啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 什麼, 啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 什麼, 啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 什麼, 啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 什麼, 啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 什麼, 啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 什麼, 啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 什麼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 什麼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 嗎 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 啥 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 什麼, 嗎 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 什麼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 啥 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 啥, 啥稿兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 啥, 什麼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 什麼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 啥, 什麼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 啥嘎 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Rizhao | 什麼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 什麼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 麼兒, 麼, 什麼, 麼個 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 什麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 什麼, 啥 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 什麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 麼, 麼個 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 什麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 什麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 什麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 什麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 什麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 什麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 什麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 啥, 什麼嘎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 啥兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 什麼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 色 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 什麼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 什麼, 啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 啥, 咋麼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 什麼, 啥, 啥子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 什麼, 啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 啥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 什麼, 啥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 什麼, 啥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 啥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 什麼, 啥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 啥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 啥, 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 啥, 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 什麼, 麼事 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 什麼兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 什麼, 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 什麼, 什麼的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Lhasa | 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 哪樣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 啷個, 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 哪樣, 啷子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 甚子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 什麼, 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 咋個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 什麼, 哪樣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 哪樣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guanyang | 什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 麼得 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 麼子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 哪樣, 什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 什麼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 什麼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 什麼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 什麼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 什麼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 甚呢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 什麼, 麼東西 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 什麼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 什麼, 哄, 哄個 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 什麼, 麼事, 麼東西 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 乜嘢, 咩嘢, 乜, 咩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 乜嘢, 咩嘢, 乜, 咩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 咩嘢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 咩嘢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 咩嘢 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 乜 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 乜 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 乜 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 乜, 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 乜, 乜嘎 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 乜, 乜啊, 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 乜嘢, 乜 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 乜嘢, 乜 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 乜, 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 物底 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 什麼 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 乜嘢, 乜 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 乜底 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 乜底 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 哪門 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 乜嘢, 咩 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 乜嘢, 咩 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 乜嘢, 咩, 乜 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Yangon (Taishan) | 乜 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 什哩 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 什仔 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 咋個 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Gaobei) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Tangkeng) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Fengliang) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Pantian) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 乜嘢 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 乜嘢 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 什麼 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Changting | 麼個, 什西哩, 什西 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 麼個, 麼事 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 麼個, 什麼 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 什麼 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 子個 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 咩, 唔幾 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 什麼 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 哪個, 哪項, 個哪, 哪 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 什麼 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 什麼 |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Nantou (Guoxing; Lufeng) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 乜個 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Pontianak (Meixian) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 麼個 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 麼仂 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 麼二 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 甚 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 什麼, 啥, 咋, 甚 |
| Jin | Datong | 啥 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 甚 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 甚 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 什麼 |
| Jin | Linhe | 什麼, 甚 |
| Jin | Jining | 甚 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 甚 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 什麼, 甚 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 什麼兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 什麼 |
| Jin | Handan | 什麼, 啥 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 啥 |
| Jin | Suide | 什麼, 甚 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Lanxi | 啥哩 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 孰事, 孰麼, 孰麼事 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 橘二, 橘二事 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 什麼事 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 孰事 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 什麼事 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 孰麼, 孰, 孰麼事, 孰事, 孰麼契, 孰契 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 什乇, 什名, 什乇名, 面乇名 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 什乇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 什乇, 乜乇 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 什乇 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 哪乇 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 乇, 什乇 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 乜乇 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 哪乇 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 呢乇 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 乜乇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 哪乇 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 什乇 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 什乇 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 什物, 啥物, 啥貨 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 什物 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 啥物, 乜 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 啥物 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 什物 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 啥物 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 什物 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 啥物 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 啥物 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 啥物 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 哪貨仔, 哪貨, 哪仔, 哪物仔, 哪物, 什物, 啥物, 啥貨, 啥物仔, 啥貨仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 啥物, 啥 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 啥 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 什物 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 哪物 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 啥物 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 啥貨 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 什物仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 什物 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 什物 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 啥貨, 啥物, 啥 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 啥物 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 啥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 啥, 啥貨, 啥物 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 啥物, 啥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 啥物, 啥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 啥物, 啥 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 啥貨, 啥物貨 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 啥物, 啥貨 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 啥, 啥貨 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 啥物 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 啥物, 啥貨 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 啥物 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 啥, 啥物 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 啥貨, 啥物, 什物, 物代 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 啥貨, 物代 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 何物 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 什物 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 啥物 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 何物 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 什物 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 啥貨, 什物 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 乜個, 乜 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 乜個, 乜 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 乜個 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 乜個 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 乜個, 乜, 是乜 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 乜個, 乜 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 乜個 |
| Southern Min | Phnom Penh (Teochew) | 乜個 |
| Southern Min | Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 乜個 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 乜個 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 乜個, 什乜, 底個 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 乜個, 什乜, 底個 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 乜個 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 乜 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 乜 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 乜, 個乜 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 乜 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 乜 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 甚麼 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 啥貨 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 啥貨 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 啥貨 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 乜儗 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 門, 哪門 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang (Xinqiao) | 哪門 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 什個 |
| Waxiang | Luxi (Lijiatian) | 什家 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 啥, 啥個, 啥物事 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang) | 啥物 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong) | 啥物事 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Fengxian) | 啥物 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jinshan) | 做啥 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Qingpu) | 哈個 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 何, 何物, 何物事 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 啥, 啥個, 啥物事 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 啥, 啥個, 啥物事, 啥物 |
| Wu | Danyang | 點高 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 啥 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 啥, 啥西 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 何乜 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 待, 淡 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 麼子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 麼子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 麼子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 什麼 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 啥 |

#### Compounds

* 幹麼／干么 (gànmá)

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mó, mǒ (mo$^2$, mo$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ, ㄇㄛˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mo$^1$ / mo$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mó
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mó
*** Wade–Giles: mo$^2$
*** Yale: mwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo
*** Palladius: мо (mo)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu̯ɔ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mǒ
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mǒ
*** Wade–Giles: mo$^3$
*** Yale: mwǒ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moo
*** Palladius: мо (mo)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu̯ɔ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mo$^1$ / mo$^5$
*** Yale: mō / móh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mo$^1$ / mo$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mo$^1$ / mo$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɔː⁵⁵/, /mɔː¹³/
* Middle Chinese: maX
Rime :
| Character | 麼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 戈 (95) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 亡果切 |
| Baxter | maX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /muɑ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /muɑ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /muɑ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mwa$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /muɑ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /muɑ$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /muɑ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mǒ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mo$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*maːlʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 麼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8709 |
| Phonetic component | 麻 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 麼 |
| Old Chinese | /*maːlʔ/ |
| Notes | 見尉繚子 |

#### Definitions

麼
* tiny; insignificant
    幺麼／幺麽 ― yāomó ― small; minute
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 么麼 (yāomó)
* 么麼小丑
* 也麼哥／也么哥
* 作麼生／作么生
* 篤麼／笃么
* 麼些族／么些族
* 麼娘／么娘
* 麼子／么子
* 麼子事／么子事
* 麼波／么波
* 麼那／么那
* 麼陋／么陋

### Etymology 5

Probably from 物 (MC mjut, “what”) (Zhang, 2001; Jiang, 2018).

#### Pronunciation

* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): má
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ma$^3$
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: má
*** Hakka Romanization System: ma$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ma$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ma³¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ma$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ma³¹/

#### Definitions

麼
* (Hakka) what
    麼個／么个 [Sixian Hakka] ― má-ke [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ] ― what
    麼人／么人 [Sixian Hakka] ― má-ngìn [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ] ― who (literally what person)

#### Compounds

* 麼人／么人
* 麼個／么个
* 麼儕／么侪

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ま (ma)
* Kan-on: ば (ba)
* Tō-on: も (mo)
* Kun: こまかい (komakai, 麼かい)、かすか (kasuka, 麼か)

## Korean
### Hanja

麼 • (ma) (hangeul 마, revised ma, McCune–Reischauer ma, Yale ma)
* small
* thin

## Vietnamese
### Han character

麼: Hán Nôm readings: ma
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