Dong Chinese dictionary

me, má, ma, mó

interrogative particle

Phonosemantic compound. 幺 represents the meaning and 麻 represents the sound.

Components

幺 Meaning component

me, yāo

tiny

麻 Sound component

má

hemp

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

interrogative final particle; insignificant, small, tiny; suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shénme], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhème] thus, etc

má

exclamatory final particle

mó

tiny; insignificant

Most common words with 麼

Sources