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U+561B, 嘛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-561B

[U+561A]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+561C]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 30, +11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口戈木木 (RIDD) or 口戈十金 (RIJC), four-corner 60094, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 206, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4230
  • Dae Jaweon: page 429, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 678, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+561B

Chinese

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (suggests that the preceding is obvious, sometimes impatient in tone): Of course!
    這樣这样  ―  Zhèyàng cái duì ma!  ―  That's how it should be!
  2. Signals a pause in a sentence, sometimes used to get the listener's attention.
    不必  ―  ma, bùbì qù.  ―  You, don't need to go.
  3. Used at the end of an imperative or request to express expectation or dissuasion.
    著急着急  ―  Bié zhāojí ma.  ―  Don't worry.

Descendants

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  • English: mah

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (dialectal) what
Synonyms
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Compounds

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Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. Only used in 喇嘛 (lǎma).
Compounds
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Etymology 4

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) also
    [Hokkien]  ―  bô hî hê [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  If there are no fish, prawns are also good.
  2. (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) still; nevertheless
Synonyms
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Compounds

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Etymology 5

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. Only used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 (ǎn mānī bēimēi hōng).

Etymology 6

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. Only used in 嘛嘛吼 (mamahǒu).

References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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  • Go-on: (me)
  • Kan-on: (ba)
  • Kan’yō-on: (ma)

Korean

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Hanja

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(ma) (hangeul , revised ma, McCune–Reischauer ma, Yale ma)

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: ma

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References

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