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How to write 嗎, stroke by stroke

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What 嗎 means

ma

(question particle for "yes-no" questions)

má

(coll.) what?

Pictophonetic: semantic 口 (mouth), phonetic 馬

Made of 口 + 馬

Words with 嗎

• 不是嗎bù shì maisn't that so?
• 嗎哪mǎ nǎmanna (Israelite food)
• 約嗎yuē ma(neologism c. 2014) (slang) Are you interested? (originally an invitation for casual sex, later generalized as a playful or humorous invitation for any activity)
• 幹嗎gàn mávariant of 干嘛
• 嗎嘍ma lou(slang) monkey (often used humorously or self-deprecatingly by overworked laborers)
• 不香嗎bù xiāng ma(slang) would be better (abbr. for 这钱买排骨它不香吗 for that money, a pork cutlet would be more appetizing, would it not?)
• 嗎啡mǎ fēimorphine (loanword)
• 嗎啉mǎ línmorpholine (chemistry) (loanword)

嗎 in a sentence

• 你想要那些照片中的一些嗎?

  nǐ xiǎng yào nà xiē zhào piàn zhōng de yì xiē má ?

  Would you like some of those pictures?

• 我可以借用你的車嗎？

  wǒ kě yǐ jiè yòng nǐ de jū má ？

  May I borrow your car?

• 我今天下午可以去游泳嗎？

  wǒ jīn tiān xià wǔ kě yǐ qù yóu yǒng má ？

  Can I go swimming this afternoon?

• 你要在咖啡上加些奶油嗎？

  nǐ yào zài kā fēi shàng jiā xiē nǎi yóu má ？

  Would you like some cream in your coffee?

• 有人叫你來這嗎？

  yǒu rén jiào nǐ lái zhè má ？

  Did anybody ask you to come here?

Characters that sound like 嗎

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