嘛 (maa3 maa5 maa4 | ma5) : of course; do you?

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嘛

maa3 maa5 maa4

ma5

(jyutping) maa3 maa5; (pinyin) ma5
[final particle]
[1] indicating that sth is obvious, sounding like 'of course' but usually with an impatient tone
[2] [粵] used as an interrogative in a yes-or-no question, sounding like 'do you?', 'are you?', 'would you?', etc | [國] 嗎

(jyutping) maa4; (pinyin) ma5
used only in compound form 喇嘛 (lama)

Jyutping maa3 is standard reading; maa5 is variant.

Stroke count: 14

Level: 3

Radical: 口 (#30)

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

嘛

This word has been viewed 7093 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 1st Apr 2011 05:00

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唔係吖嘛 m4 hai6 aa6 maa3 = surely it can't be 粵

黑嘛嘛 hak1 maa1 maa1 = variant of 黑麻麻粵

之嘛 zi1 maa3 = (modal particle) only; that's all 粵

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

黑咪嘛 haak1 mi1 maa1 = very black; pitch black 粵

喇嘛 laa1 maa4 la3 ma5 = lama, Tibetan Buddhism monk

喇嘛教 laa1 maa4 gaau3 la3 ma5 jiao4 = Lamaism

吖嘛 aa1 maa5 = isn't it; okay 粵

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你別這麼出爾反爾嘛﹗剛纔說要去﹐現在說不要了 — 你到底去不去啊﹖ 國
Stop changing your mind! A while ago, you said you wanted to go, but now you say you don't want to--are you really going or aren't you?

乜你咁鮓架, 行快啲得嘛? 粵
How come you're so puny! Can't you walk slightly faster?

你知嘛﹐林仔係特登嚟睇你㗎。粵
Young Lam has come especially to see you, you know.
[係...㗎 (or 嘅) is used to emphasize a fact.]

我最近戒咗煙，吸煙危害健康吖嘛! 粵
I've recently quit smoking, 'cause smoking is hazardous to health, right !
[吖嘛 is used here to reason out a statement that seems evidently true.]

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