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是
嗎
[-
吗
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Jyutping
si6 maa3
Pinyin
shì ma
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
really; Is that so? [written]
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
那个学生跑得很快,不是吗?
那個學生跑得很快,不是嗎?
nà ge xué sheng pǎo de hěn kuài , bù shì ma ?
That student runs fast, doesn't he?
That student is very fast at running, isn't he?
Mandarin
树上有些苹果,不是吗?
樹上有些蘋果,不是嗎?
shù shàng yǒu xiē píng guǒ , bù shì ma ?
There are a few apples on the tree, aren't there?
Mandarin
你累了,不是吗?
你累了,不是嗎?
nǐ lèi le , bù shì ma ?
You are tired, aren't you?
You're tired, aren't you?
Mandarin
那是幢高楼,不是吗?
那是幢高樓,不是嗎?
nà shi chuáng gāo lóu , bù shì ma ?
That is a high building, is it not?
That's a high-rise, isn't it?
Mandarin
夜晚很长,不是吗?
夜晚很長,不是嗎?
yè wǎn hěn zhǎng , bù shì ma ?
Well, the night is quite long, isn't it?
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
刚刚敲过了八点钟,不是吗?
剛剛敲過了八點鐘,不是嗎?
gāng gāng qiāo guò le bā diǎn zhōng , bù shì ma ?
It has just struck eight, hasn't it?
Mandarin
甲:澳洲的官方语言是英语,不是吗?乙:话是这么说,可是澳洲是多元文化的国家,也能听到别的很多语言。
甲:澳洲的官方語言是英語,不是嗎?乙:話是這麼説,可是澳洲是多元文化的國家,也能聽到別的很多語言。
jiǎ : ào zhōu de guān fāng yǔ yán shì yīng yǔ , bù shì ma ? Yǐ : huà shì zhè me shuō , kě shì ào zhōu shì duō yuán wén huà de guó jiā , yě néng tīng dào bié de hěn duō yǔ yán .
A: The main language in Australia is English, isn't it?
B: You could say that, but Australia is multicultural, so you can hear many other languages there as well.