吗

See also 嗎

See also ma

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

吗 (radical 30 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 口弓女一 (RNVM))

1. final interrogative particle

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 177, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 584, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5417

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Cantonese

Hanzi

吗 (Yale ma3)

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Mandarin

simplified	吗
traditional	嗎

Pronunciation

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Particle

吗 (simplified, Pinyin ma, traditional 嗎)

1. final interrogative particle on a yes/no question

   耶和华说，谁告诉你赤身露体呢？莫非你吃了我吩咐你不可吃的那树上的果子吗？

   Yēhéhuá shuō , shuí gàosu nǐ chìshēnlòutǐ ne , mòfēi nǐ chī le wǒ fēnfu nǐ bùkĕ chī de nà shù shàng de guǒzi ma .

   And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

   你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)