这么样 (zhè me yàng) — like this; so; such

Definition

这么样 is a colloquial variant of 这么 used in speech; less formal than 那样 and softer than 怎么 in rhetorical questions.

like thissosuch

Examples

  • 这么样？
    Nǐ wèi shén me yào zhè me yàng zuò?
    Why do you do it like this?
  • 这么样。
    zhè me yàng Dà de fáng zi wǒ mǎi bù qǐ.
    I can't afford a house this big.
  • 这么样，。
    Shì qing yǐ jīng zhè me yàng le, hòu huǐ yě méi yòng.
    Things have already come to this; there's no use regretting.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

这么like this
这zhè么me
样yàngmanner

这么 conveys like this, and 样 conveys manner or way, so the whole means in this way.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 這; 这 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuòwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
言
言yán這zhè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 這, 辶 (walk) combines with 言 for the sound. The character first meant “to meet” and was later used for “this”.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 麼; 么 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
幺幺yāosmall, tiny
Sound part声符shēngfú
麻
麻má麼
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 麼 pairs 麻, which gives the sound, with 幺, which means small/tiny; the simplified 么 is a later shorthand.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樣; 样 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùwood
Sound part声符shēngfú
羕
羕yàng樣yàng
Same sound today

For 样, the traditional form 樣 pairs 木 (wood) with 羕 as a sound part.

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