Pinyin Syllable

Chinese characters pronounced me

Learn common Chinese characters pronounced me, including 么 ma / me / yāo. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words, and example sentences.

How to Pronounce This Syllable

Build me by sliding from m straight into e; the tone rides over the joined sound, so treat it as one unit.

Start the syllable on the initial m, then run straight into the final e — keep them joined instead of sounding out separate English letters.

Settle the final e into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.

Only one common character is read me (么 ma / me / yāo) — focus on locking in its tone.

me turns up here with 1 different tone; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.

Taking the 5 here: 么 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.

Seeing me inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.

1 common character in this group.