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?

為什麼那麼多移民選擇加拿大？ [MSC, trad.]
为什么那么多移民选择加拿大？ [MSC, simp.]
Wèishénme nàme duō yímín xuǎnzé Jiānádà? [Pinyin]
Why do so many migrants choose Canada?

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] ("[something] like that [is not possible]!") Expression of disbelief, 'no (way)', 'impossible', 'it can't be', 'I don't believe it'.

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.)