ma

吗

yes/no particle

HSK 2.0 · 1 HSK 3.0 · 1
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03 · Details

Meaning, words & where you learn it

Taught in your lessons 课程

问候与介绍Lesson 1 · Greetings & Introductions 家人与年龄Lesson 2 · Family & Ages 饮食与点菜Lesson 4 · Food & Ordering 学校与工作Lesson 5 · School & Work 出行与方位Lesson 6 · Transport & Places 天气与感受Lesson 7 · Weather & Feelings 购物与数字Lesson 8 · Shopping & Numbers 身体与健康Lesson 11 · Body & Health 颜色与描述Lesson 12 · Colors & Descriptions 我的家人Lesson 13 · My Family 我的一天Lesson 14 · My Day 运动Lesson 15 · Sports & Exercise 交通Lesson 16 · Getting Around 在哪儿Lesson 17 · Where Is It? 在饭馆Lesson 18 · At the Restaurant 买东西Lesson 19 · Going Shopping 天气怎么样Lesson 20 · What's the Weather Like? 看病Lesson 21 · Seeing a Doctor 考试Lesson 22 · Exams & Study 生日快乐Lesson 23 · Happy Birthday 去旅游Lesson 24 · Travelling 你好HSK 3.0 · Lesson 1 · Hello vocab 我的家HSK 3.0 · Lesson 3 · My Family 现在几点HSK 3.0 · Lesson 5 · What Time Is It? 吃饭了吗HSK 3.0 · Lesson 6 · Have You Eaten? 在学校HSK 3.0 · Lesson 7 · At School 在哪儿HSK 3.0 · Lesson 8 · Where Is It? 买东西HSK 3.0 · Lesson 10 · Shopping 我的一天HSK 3.0 · Lesson 11 · My Day 我的房间HSK 3.0 · Lesson 12 · My Room 天气HSK 3.0 · Lesson 13 · The Weather 看病HSK 3.0 · Lesson 14 · Seeing a Doctor 我的爱好HSK 3.0 · Lesson 15 · My Hobbies 考试HSK 3.0 · Lesson 16 · The Exam 请进HSK 3.0 · Lesson 17 · Come In! 见朋友HSK 3.0 · Lesson 18 · Meeting Friends 放假了HSK 3.0 · Lesson 19 · Holidays Are Here 去过中国吗HSK 3.0 · Lesson 20 · Have You Been to China?

Words with 吗

干吗 gàn má see 干嘛 HSK 3

Examples from your lessons

  • 我是学生。你是老师吗？ I am a student. Are you a teacher? Lesson 1
  • 这是你的家人吗？ Is this your family? Lesson 2
  • 你喝茶吗？ Do you drink tea? Lesson 4
  • 你会说汉语吗？ Can you speak Chinese? Lesson 5
  • 你会说汉语吗？ Can you speak Chinese? Lesson 5
  • 从这里到学校远吗？ Is it far from here to school? Lesson 6

Character facts

Radical
口 mouth; entrance, gate, opening
Parts
口 + 马
Structure
Left–right
Traditional
嗎
Unicode
U+5417

Pictophonetic: mouth

Same radical 口
hé 和 bā 吧 né 呢 hòu 后 chī 吃 tīng 听 jiào 叫 hào 号
Same sound
mā 妈 mǎ 马 mà 骂 ma 嘛 mǎ 码 má 麻
Also HSK 1
de 的 le 了 wǒ 我 shì 是 nǐ 你 zài 在 bù 不 yǒu 有