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
   • 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, "Mối tình năm cũ" (in Cánh đồng bất tận), Trẻ publishing house

     Trần Hưng rất hài lòng với những đoạn phim vừa thu được, nó nổi bật lên phần đời của người chiến sĩ này, giản dị mà cao quý, bình thường mà phi thường.

     Trần Hưng was very satisfied with the footage just shot; it highlighted the life of this fighter, simple but lofty, ordinary but extraordinary.

2. where
3. which, whom

Synonyms

• nhưng (“but”)
• nhưng mà (“but”)