 | 吗 | ||
| final interrogative particle | |||
| Radical | 口 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 3 | Total Strokes | 6 |
| Mandarin reading | ma má mǎ | Cantonese reading | maa3 |
| Japanese on reading | Japanese kun reading | ||
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Traditional Variant(s) | 嗎 | final interrogative particle | |
| 吗 | [ mǎ ] see 嗎啡|吗啡, morphine |
| 吗 | [ ma ] (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 吗哪 | [ mǎ nǎ ] manna (Israelite food) |
| 吗啉 | [ mǎ lín ] morpholine (chemistry) (loanword) |
| 吗啡 | [ mǎ feī ] morphine (loanword) |
| ⇒ 不是吗 | [ bù shì ma ] isn't that so? |
| ⇒ 不香吗 | [ bù xiāng ma ] (slang) would be better (abbr. for 這錢買排骨它不香嗎|这钱买排骨它不香吗[zhe4 qian2 mai3 pai2 gu3 ta1 bu4 xiang1 ma5] for that money, a pork cutlet would be more appetizing, would it not?) |
| ⇒ 干吗 | [ gàn má ] see 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4 ma2] |