嗎 [吗]

Jyutping maa1
Pinyin má

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character, Mandarin, colloquial
    what
    (syn.) 咋麼, 啥個, 甚子, 底個, 麼子, 哪乇, 孰契, 乜啊, 哄, 何, 乜個, 什乇, 哪, 孰, 什物, 啥物事, 哪仔, 乇, 橘二事, 子個, 哪貨仔, 麼, 咋個, 淡, 什麼兒, 待, 什西, 麼兒, 麼東西, 什乜, 哪貨, 是乜, 啥稿兒, 什麼嘎, 哪門, 啷個, 啥物貨, 啥, 物底, 啥子, 門, 什西哩, 嗎兒, 麼仂, 麼事, 點高, 啥兒, 麼二, 哪物仔, 哪個, 孰麼事, 什家, 啥哩, 什麼, 孰事, 什個, 乜儗, 麼得, 麼個, 什名, 呢乇, 孰麼, 咩, 甚, 什麼的, 何物, 乜嘢, 物代, 咋, 面乇名, 哪樣, 何乜, 啥西, 孰麼契, 嗎, 什乇名, 乜底, 個乜, 唔幾, 哄個, 乜, 什哩, 乜乇, 什麼事, 什物仔, 啥嘎, 哪物, 個哪, 乜嘎, 甚呢, 橘二, 色, 什仔, 啷子, 啥物, 啥貨, 哪項, 咩嘢

嗎 [吗]

Jyutping maa1
Pinyin mǎ

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    Used as a phonetic character.
    • 嗎啡
      吗啡
      mǎ fēi
      morphine
    • 嗎哪
      吗哪
      mǎ nǎ
      manna

嗎 [吗]

Jyutping maa5
Pinyin ma

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. morphine

嗎 [吗]

Jyutping maa4
Pinyin ma

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. used in dialects

嗎 [吗]

Jyutping maa3
Pinyin ma

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (question particle for "yes-no" questions), final interrogative particle
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 助詞
    用​喺​句​尾​「​吖​」​「​啦​」​「​𠺢​」​「​喳​」​後​面​，​用​嚟​表達​強調​或者​確認
    used at the end of an utterance for emphasis or confirmation after 吖(aa1), 啦(laa1), 𠺢(gaa1), 喳(zaa1)
    • 你唔嚟就早講吖嗎！
      你唔嚟就早讲吖吗！
      nei5 m4 lei4 zau6 zou2 gong2 aa1 maa3!
      Why didn't you tell us earlier that you are not coming?
    • 你係唔要啦嗎，我掉咗佢㗎喇。
      你系唔要啦吗，我掉咗佢㗎喇。
      nei5 hai6 m4 jiu3 laa1 maa3, ngo5 deu3 zo2 keoi5 gaa3 laa3.
      If you really don't need it, I will throw it away.
    • 你又唔講，我唔知你點諗𠺢嗎！
      你又唔讲，我唔知你点谂𠺢吗！
      nei5 jau6 m4 gong2, ngo5 m4 zi1 nei5 dim2 nam2 gaa1 maa3!
      How can I know what you're thinking if you don't tell me?
  2. 參看
    嘛
  3. 助詞、書面語
    用​嚟​將陳述​句​變成問​句​嘅​句末​助詞
    used at the end of a statement to form a formal yes-no question
    • 你好嗎？
      你好吗？
      nei5 hou2 maa3?
      How are you?
    • 可唔可以幫下我？
      可唔可以帮下我？
      ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 bong1 haa5 ngo5?
      可以幫幫我嗎？

嗎 [吗]

Jyutping maa1
Pinyin ma

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. (question particle for "yes-no" questions)
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (question particle for "yes-no" questions), final interrogative particle
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 助詞、書面語
    用​嚟​將陳述​句​變成問​句​嘅​句末​助詞
    used at the end of a statement to form a formal yes-no question
    • 你好嗎？
      你好吗？
      nei5 hou2 maa3?
      How are you?
    • 可唔可以幫下我？
      可唔可以帮下我？
      ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 bong1 haa5 ngo5?
      可以幫幫我嗎？
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    Final interrogative particle, forming yes/no questions.
    • 你好嗎？
      你好吗？
      nei5 hou2 maa3?
      How are you?
    • 你喜歡嗎？
      你喜欢吗？
      nǐ xǐ huān ma ？
      Do you like it?
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. final interrogative particle
  2. Cangjie Input - Simplified
    RNVM
  3. Cangjie Input - Traditional
    RSQF
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 一级词汇表 #227
  2. HSK3 一级汉字表 #140
  3. HSK3 初等手写字表 #143

嗎 [吗]

Jyutping maa3
Pinyin mǎ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1]

嗎 [吗]

Jyutping maa3
Pinyin má

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. (coll.) what?
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    那是一张近照吗？
    那是一張近照嗎？
    nà shi yī zhāng jìn zhào ma ？
    • Is it a recent picture?
    • Is this a recent photo?
    • Is this a new photo?
    • Is that a recent picture?
    • Is this a current photo?
  2. Mandarin
    你肯定吗？
    你肯定嗎？
    nǐ kěn dìng ma ？
    • Are you sure?
    • Really?
    • Are you sure about this?
    • Are you certain?
    • No kidding?
    • Are you sure of it?
  3. Mandarin
    他住在这里吗？
    他住在這裏嗎？
    tā zhù zài zhè lǐ ma ？
    • Does he live here?
  4. Mandarin
    你参加社团活动吗？
    你參加社團活動嗎？
    nǐ cān jiā shè tuán huó dòng ma ？
    • Do you take part in any community activities?
  5. Mandarin
    可以原谅我吗？
    可以原諒我嗎？
    kě yǐ yuán liàng wǒ ma ？
    • Can you forgive me?
    • Can you excuse me?
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    你好吗？
    你好嗎？
    nei5 hou2 maa1 ？
    • How are you?
    • How're you doing?
    • How are y'all?
  2. Cantonese
    可以畀个约莫嘅数畀我吗？
    可以畀個約莫嘅數畀我嗎？
    ho2 ji5 bei2 go3 joek3 mok2 ge3 sou3 bei2 ngo5 maa1 ？
    • Could you give me an approximate figure?
  3. Cantonese
    系度吗？
    係度嗎？
    hai6 dou6 maa1 ？
    • Are they in?
  4. Cantonese
    眼困吗？
    眼睏嗎？
    ngaan5 kwan3 maa1 ？
    • Are you sleepy?
  5. Cantonese
    苏吗人要晒！
    蘇嗎人要晒！
    sou1 maa1 jan4 jiu3 saai3 ！
    • Everyone wants it all!
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    好耐冇收到你嘅回信喇，最近好吗？
    好耐冇收到你嘅回信喇，最近好嗎？
    hou2 noi6 mou5 sau1 dou2 nei5 ge3 wui4 seon3 laa3, zeoi3 gan6 hou2 maa3?
    • 許久沒收到你的回信了，最近可好？
    • I have not received your (written) reply for a long time. Have you been well?
  2. Cantonese
    你晓得张师奶这个人吗？（你识唔识张师奶？）
    你曉得張師奶這個人嗎？（你識唔識張師奶？）
    • Do you know Mrs. Cheung?
  3. Cantonese
    牛肉加葱花，要乌冬吗？
    牛肉加葱花，要烏冬嗎？
    ngau4 juk6 gaa1 cung1 faa1, jiu3 wu1 dung1 maa3?
    • Beef and chopped Chinese scallion, do you wanna have some udon?
  4. Cantonese
    你唔嚟就早讲吖吗！
    你唔嚟就早講吖嗎！
    nei5 m4 lei4 zau6 zou2 gong2 aa1 maa3!
    • Why didn't you tell us earlier that you are not coming?
  5. Cantonese
    你系唔要啦吗，我掉咗佢㗎喇。
    你係唔要啦嗎，我掉咗佢㗎喇。
    nei5 hai6 m4 jiu3 laa1 maa3, ngo5 deu3 zo2 keoi5 gaa3 laa3.
    • If you really don't need it, I will throw it away.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    你好吗？
    你好嗎？
    nei5 hou2 maa3?
    • How are you?
  2. Mandarin
    “70%咖啡OK吗？”
    “70%咖啡OK嗎？”
    “ ７０ ％ kā fēi ＯＫ ma ？ ”
    • "Is 70% coffee alright?"
  3. Mandarin
    有空房间吗？
    有空房間嗎？
    yǒu kòng fáng jiān ma ？
    • Is there any vacant room?
  4. Mandarin
    这个位子空着吗？
    這個位子空着嗎？
    zhè ge wèi zǐ kòng zhe ma ？
    • Is this seat available?
  5. Mandarin
    再挤个人进来行吗？车里还有空吗？
    再擠個人進來行嗎？車裏還有空嗎？
    zài jǐ ge rén jìn lái xíng ma ？ chē lǐ hái yǒu kòng ma ？
    • Can you fit in another person? Is there room in the car?
Examples (None)
  1. Cantonese
    你唔系咁笨柒，咁都信啊吗？
    你唔係咁笨柒，咁都信啊嗎？
  2. Cantonese
    天啊！烤猫真系食得落吗？阿弥陀佛！
    天啊！烤貓真係食得落嗎？阿彌陀佛！