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Jyutping maa1
Pinyin me

Definitions (Unihan)
  1. interrogative particle
  2. repetition of a tune small
  3. tender
  4. Cangjie Input
    HI

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Jyutping jiu1
Pinyin me

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語素
    最​細​嘅
    the smallest
    • 么子
      么子
      the smallest boy
  2. 語素
    麻雀​嘅​「​1​」​號牌
    the "1" tile in mahjong
    • 十三么
      十三么
      sap6 saam1 jiu1
      13 orphans
  3. 參看

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Jyutping mo1
Pinyin yāo

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. an alternative to the word麼, a final interrogative particle

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Jyutping maa1
Pinyin yāo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. youngest
  2. most junior
  3. tiny
  4. one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military)
  5. one or ace on dice or dominoes
  6. variant of 吆[yao1], to shout
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. an alternative to the word嗎, a final interrogative particle

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Jyutping jiu1
Pinyin yāo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. surname Yao
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. youngest/most junior/tiny/one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military)/one or ace on dice or dominoes/variant of 吆yāo [吆], to shout
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    如果我用简体中文输入“什么”,我希望找到的结果里也有“甚么”。
    如果我用简体中文输入“什么”,我希望找到的结果里也有“甚麼”。
    rú guǒ wǒ yòng jiǎn tǐ zhōng wén shū rù “ shén me ”, wǒ xī wàng zhǎo dào de jiē guǒ lǐ yě yǒu “ shèn me ”。
    • If I search for "什么" using Simplified Chinese, I expect to also see "甚麼" in the results.
  2. Mandarin
    在日本没有像尾崎将司那么有名的高尔夫球手了。
    在日本没有像尾崎將司那么有名的高尔夫球手了。
    zài rì běn méi yǒu xiàng wěi qí jiāng sī nà me yǒu míng de gāo ěr fū qiú shǒu le 。
    • No pro golfer in Japan is as popular as Jumbo Ozaki.
  3. Mandarin
    这改变不了什么。
    這改變不了什么。
    zhè gǎi biàn bù le shén me 。
    • That won't change anything.
    • That'll change nothing.
  4. Mandarin
    么女长得特别漂亮。
    么女長得特別漂亮。
    me nǚ zhǎng de tè bié piào liang 。
    • The youngest daughter was particularly beautiful.
    • The youngest daughter is exceptionally beautiful.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    么子
    么子
    • the smallest boy
  2. Cantonese
    十三么
    十三么
    sap6 saam1 jiu1
    • 13 orphans
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    你喜欢什么样的音乐?
    你喜欢什么样的音乐?
    • What kind of music do you like?
  2. Cantonese
    天黑落水咗 你问我系么水啊?
    天黑落水咗 你问我系么水啊?
    tin1 hak1 lok6 seoi2 zo2, nei5 man6 ngo5 hai6 mat1 seoi2 aa3?
    • [I said:] when it was dark, it rained. You asked me what on earth is that?
  3. Mandarin
    第十五篇林精华的〈俄罗斯东正教在华传播三百年何以失败:来自文学的视角〉,试图解释为什么俄罗斯东正教比起天主教和基督教来华合法传教,时间更为久远,却一直没有显著的成长?
    第十五篇林精华的〈俄罗斯东正教在华传播三百年何以失败:来自文学的视角〉,试图解释为什么俄罗斯东正教比起天主教和基督教来华合法传教,时间更为久远,却一直没有显著的成长?
    From : 2016 , 郭承天 , 引言 : 認識耶穌 , 贏得基督 , yin 郭承天 and 周復初 ( editors ) , 《 認識耶穌 , 贏得基督 : 中國基督教之本土與全球發展 》 ( Know Jesus , Gain Christ : 2015 Symposium on Local and Global Development of chi ne se Christianity ) , pa ge 10
    • Chapter 15, “How the 300-year propagation of Russian Orthodoxy in China failed: From the perspective of literature” by Lin Jinghua, attempts to explain why even though the time Russian Orthodoxy came to China to preach legally compared to Catholicism and Protestantism is longer, it has never been notably growing.
  4. Mandarin
    他听到陈校长的致词,转身问我说,校长的本科是什么?我告诉他说是物理,他非常吃惊,连声称赞说,没有想到清华的校长会对宋代有这么深刻的认识,特别是知道宋代历史解释的新旧看法云云。
    他听到陈校长的致词,转身问我说,校长的本科是什么?我告诉他说是物理,他非常吃惊,连声称赞说,没有想到清华的校长会对宋代有这么深刻的认识,特别是知道宋代历史解释的新旧看法云云。
    From : 2019 , 李弘祺 , 思考一個大學校長 , yin 《 臺大校友雙月刊 》 , issue 125 , pa ge 30
    • When he heard Principal Chen's speech, he turned over and asked me what the principal's main subject is. When I told him that it is physics, he was very shocked and praised him repeatedly, saying that he never thought that Tsinghua's principal would have such deep understanding of the Song dynasty, especially that he knows the new and old views on the historical explanation of the Song dynasty and so on.
  5. Mandarin
    你这孩子真手欠,你看你这么一鼓捣,钟不走了不是?
    你这孩子真手欠,你看你这么一鼓捣,钟不走了不是?
    nǐ zhè hái zi zhēn shǒu qiàn , nǐ kàn nǐ zhè me yī gǔ dao , zhōng bù zǒu le bù shì ?
    • You are such a troublemaker (who's got a pair of misbehaving hands)! The clock is now broken after you played with it.