Word information
Simplified那么
Traditional那麼/那麽
Pinyinnàme
Part of speech代、连
HSK 3.02
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
那么
nàme · like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then; in that case; variant of 那麼|那么[na4 me5]
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那nà
(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)
那边nàbiānover there; yonder
那个nàgethat one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
那里nàlǐthere; that place
那儿nàrthere
那些nàxiēthose