HSK 3.0 Level 2 · Particles

这么 zhème “so much” in Chinese

Traditional 這麼

What 这么 means

  1. so much
  2. this much
  3. how much?
  4. this way
  5. like this

How to say 这么

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale这zhè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own么meneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

这么 in a sentence

  1. 这么贵！能便宜些吗？

    Zhème guì! Néng piányi xiē ma?

    That’s so expensive! Can you make it cheaper?

    Sentence #420706 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你怎么这么慢！

    Nǐ zěnme zhème màn!

    How come you’re so slow?

    Sentence #419950 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我也这么认为。

    Wǒ yě zhème rènwéi.

    I think so too.

    Sentence #411523 from Tatoeba

How 这么 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 这 (zhè) with each of its parts in a different colour
这zhèthis; these
  • 文script · wén
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuò

Memory aidPicture walking 辶 up to the writing 文 right in front of you: this.

The character 么 (me) with each of its parts in a different colour
么mesuffix, used to form interrogative 什么
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 厶private · sī

How to write 这么

这 7 strokes · 么 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

这么 (zhème) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 这么 (zhème). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 这么

Words with 这

这zhè · this这儿zhèr · here这些zhèxiē · these这个zhège · this one这边zhèbiān · this side这里zhèlǐ · here这样zhèyàng · this kind of

Words with 么

什么shénme · what怎么zěnme · how怎么样zěnmeyàng · how is it那么nàme · like that为什么wèishénme · why多么duōme · how怎么办zěnmebàn · what should I do?

More words: Particles & Function Words

不要bùyào · don’t!们men · plural marker for pronouns一些yīxiē · some但dàn · but快要kuàiyào · about to那么nàme · like that那样nàyàng · that kind这样zhèyàng · this kind of

FAQs

这么 (zhème) means “so much” or “this much”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
Say it zhème: zhè with a 4th tone, then me with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 这么 is written 這麼. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zheme with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 这么 from the suggestions. Typing zheme into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
这么 is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 2 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.