吖嘛

Chinese

			(a modal particle)
trad. (吖嘛)		吖	嘛
simp. #(吖嘛)		吖	嘛

Pronunciation 1

• Cantonese (Jyutping): a¹ maa³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: a¹ maa³
    • Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Cantonese Pinyin: a¹ maa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐ⁵⁵ maː³³/

Particle

吖嘛

1. (Cantonese) Used to suggest something obvious.

   • 唔知㗎，「希望在明天」吖嘛！ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

     From: 2005, 生命滿希望 前路由我創 [The future is your's to make, where there's life there's hope],

     m⁴ zi¹ gaa³, “hei¹ mong⁶ zoi⁶ ming⁴ tin¹” a¹ maa³! [Jyutping]

     I don't know, but "tomorrow lies hope", isn't it?

2. (Cantonese) Used to confirm something that may be obvious in a question.

   今日都係A餐吖嘛？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   今日都系A餐吖嘛？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   gam¹ jat⁶ dou¹ hai⁶ ei¹ caan¹ a¹ maa³? [Jyutping]

   You are having meal A today as well, right?

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): a⁶ maa²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: a⁶ maa²
    • Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Cantonese Pinyin: a⁶ maa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐ²² maː³⁵/

Particle

吖嘛

1. (Cantonese) Used to raise questions with disbelief.

   唔係吖嘛？／唔系吖嘛？ [Cantonese]  ―  m⁴ hai⁶ a⁶ maa²? [Jyutping]  ―  No way?; It couldn't be like that?