HSK 3.0 Level 2 · Particles

那么 nàme “like that” in Chinese

Traditional 那麼

What 那么 means

  1. like that
  2. in that way
  3. to that extent
  4. (before a number) … or so
  5. about …
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • then
  • in that case

How to say 那么

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale那nà4th 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

那么 in a sentence

  1. 你为什么那么高兴？

    Nǐ wèishénme nàme gāoxìng?

    Why are you so happy?

    Sentence #425558 from Tatoeba

  2. 我没有你那么聪明。

    Wǒ méiyǒu nǐ nàme cōngming.

    I’m not as clever as you.

    Sentence #9955479 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 没那么冷。

    Méi nàme lěng.

    It isn’t that cold.

    Sentence #10537109 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 那么 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 那 (nà) drawn as one shape
那nàthat; the; those

那 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidThe town 阝 on the right is over there: that.

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 那么

那 6 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.

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

Words related to 那么

Words with 那

那nà · that那儿nàr · there那些nàxiē · those那个nàge · that one那边nàbian · over there那里nàli · there那样nàyàng · that kind刹那chànà · instant

Words with 么

什么shénme · what怎么zěnme · how怎么样zěnmeyàng · how is it这么zhème · so much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那样nàyàng · that kind这么zhème · so much这样zhèyàng · this kind of

FAQs

那么 (nàme) means “like that” or “in that way”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
Say it nàme: nà 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, 那么 is written 那麼. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type name with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 那么 from the suggestions. Typing name into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
那么 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.