吗 (嗎)
ma
Pinyin

Definition

吗 (嗎)
 - 
ma
  1. (question particle for "yes-no" questions)
吗 (嗎)
 - 
mǎ
  1. see 嗎啡|吗啡, morphine

Character Decomposition

Related Words (4)

吗
mǎ
  1. 1 see also: 吗啡
  2. 2 morphine
吗哪
mǎ nǎ
  1. 1 manna (Israelite food)
吗啡
mǎ fēi
  1. 1 morphine (loanword)
干吗
gàn má
  1. 1 see also: 干嘛 gàn má

Sample Sentences

嗯…第五条这里，交货日期可以提早一点吗？
en …dì wǔ tiáo zhèlǐ ，jiāohuò rìqī kěyǐ tízǎo yìdiǎn ma ？
Emm...about Article five, could you make the product delivery date slightly earlier?
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能坦白说吗？
néng tǎnbáishuō ma ？
Can I be frank with you?
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能老实说吗？
néng lǎoshíshuō ma ？
Can I be honest with you?
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你想生小孩吗？
nǐ xiǎng shēng xiǎohái ma ？
Would you like to have kids?
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你生气了吗？我没有生气。
nǐ shēngqì le ma ？wǒ méiyǒu shēngqì 。
Are you angry? I am not angry.
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嗯，二十四小时不停机吗？
en ，èrshísì xiǎoshí bù tíngjī ma ？
Do they work around the clock?
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是吗？我看一下。
shìma ？wǒ kàn yīxià 。
Really? Let me see.
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他小的时候，他妈叫他去买红糖，他买了白糖回来。他妈骂他，他摇摇头说：“红糖白糖不是差不多吗？”
tā xiǎo de shíhou ，tā mā jiào tā qù mǎi hóngtáng ，tā mǎi le báitáng huílai 。tā mā mà tā ，tā yáo yáotóu shuō ：“hóngtáng báitáng búshi chàbuduō ma ？”
When he was a child, his mother sent him out to buy some brown sugar. He came back with white sugar. His mother scolded him – but the young Mr. Chabuduo simply shook his head and said, “Brown sugar and white sugar! Are they not the same?”
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先生说，“错了。是山西，不是陕西。”他说：“陕西同山西，不是差不多吗？”
xiānsheng shuō ，“cuò le 。shì Shānxī ，búshi Shǎnxī 。”tā shuō ：“Shǎnxī tóng Shānxī ，búshi chàbuduō ma ？”
“Wrong!” the teacher corrected him. “It is Shanxi not Shaanxi.” Mr. Chabuduo said, “Well aren't Shanxi and Shaanxi just about the same?"
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掌柜的生气了，常常骂他。他只是笑嘻嘻地赔小心道千字比十字只多一小撇不是差不多吗？”
zhǎngguì de shēngqì le ，chángcháng mà tā 。tā zhǐshì xiàoxīxī de péixiǎoxīn dào qiān zì bǐ shí zì zhǐ duō yī xiǎo piě búshi chàbuduō ma ？”
This infuriated the bank manager and he would often reprimand him. Mr. Chabuduo's response to these incidents was always to reply with a smirk: "The number for 1,000 “千” differed from the number for 10 “十” by only one simple stroke - isn't that close enough?"
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