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嗎

ma

final interrogative particle

Strokes
13
Radical
口
HSK
—
Tone
—

Other readings: mà

Simplified form: 吗

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 吗, the simplified form of 嗎. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 不是吗?

    Bù shì ma

    No?

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  • 有人吗?

    Yǒu rén ma

    Is anybody here?

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  • 是你吗?

    Shì nǐ ma

    Is it you?

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  • 你在吗?

    Nǐ zài ma

    Are you there?

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 吗

  • 吗ma 5(question particle for "yes-no" questions)
  • 干吗gàn má 4–2 see 干嘛
  • 吗má 2(coll.) what?
  • 吗mǎ 3used in 吗啡