嗎 (maa1 | ma5) : interrogative particle

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嗎

maa1

ma5

[1] final interrogative particle
[2] used in transliteration ([普]: typically ma3)

嗎 is mainly used in Mandarin. However, it is sometimes used in Cantonese to represent 嘛 which is somewhat different in pronunciation and meaning.

Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

嗎 / 吗

This word has been viewed 12932 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 16th Nov 2014 03:35

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你好嗎 nei5 hou2 maa3 ni3 hao3 ma5 = How are you?

好嗎 hou2 maa3 hao3 ma5 = is it good or not ; is it all right

唔係呀嗎 m4 hai6 aa6 maa3 = variant of 唔係吖嘛粵

是嗎 si6 maa3 shi4 ma5 = Is that so? Really? 國

不是嗎 bat1 si6 maa3 bu4*2 shi4 ma5 = isn't it 國

幹嗎 gon3 maa3 gan4 ma2 = why on earth; whatever for 國

嗎哪 maa5 naa4 ma3 na3 = manna (transliteration)

可不是嗎 ho2 bat1 si6 maa3 ke3 bu2 shi4 ma5 = Isn't that so! Yes, indeed!

嗎啡 maa1 fe1 ma3 fei1 = morphine (loanword)

吖嗎 aa1 maa3 = obviously 粵

Showing all 5 examples containing 嗎

你好嗎？
How are you?

你最近幾好嗎？粵
How have you been lately?

你相信有聖誕老公公嗎？國
Do you believe in Father Christmas?

你把聖誕卡全部都寄出去了嗎？國
Have you sent all of your Christmas cards yet?

你一個人能應付過來嗎? 國
Can you manage on your own?

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 嗎
Unicode code for this character: U+55ce (off-site link)

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