mà

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ma"

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈma/
• Rhymes: -a

Etymology

From Old Provençal man, from Latin manus, from Proto-Italic *manus, from Proto-Indo-European *man- (“hand”). Compare French main, Galician man, Italian mano, Occitan man, Portuguese mão, Romanian mână, Sardinian manu, and Spanish mano.

Noun

mà f (plural mans)

1. hand
2. quire
3. (poker) hand

Related terms

• maneta (“little hand”)

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Mandarin

Romanization

mà (Zhuyin ㄇㄚˋ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 㐷
2. Pinyin transcription of 㑻
3. Pinyin transcription of 㜫
4. Pinyin transcription of 㨸
5. Pinyin transcription of 㾺
6. Pinyin transcription of 䠋
7. Pinyin transcription of 䠨
8. Pinyin transcription of 䧞
9. Pinyin transcription of 䯦
10. Pinyin transcription of 傌
11. Pinyin transcription of 唛
12. Pinyin transcription of 嘜
13. Pinyin transcription of 帓
14. Pinyin transcription of 杩
15. Pinyin transcription of 榪
16. Pinyin transcription of 犸
17. Pinyin transcription of 獁
18. Pinyin transcription of 睰
19. Pinyin transcription of 祃
20. Pinyin transcription of 禡
21. Pinyin transcription of 罵
22. Pinyin transcription of 虿
23. Pinyin transcription of 融
24. Pinyin transcription of 貇
25. Pinyin transcription of 貉
26. Pinyin transcription of 閁
27. Pinyin transcription of 駡
28. Pinyin transcription of 騼
29. Pinyin transcription of 骂
30. Pinyin transcription of 蚂

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [maː˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [maː˨˩]

Conjunction

mà

1. but
2. where
3. which, whom

Synonyms

• nhưng (“but”)
• nhưng mà (“but”)