bū
峬
used at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesparticle
used at the end of a sentence to form a question
literaryAn archaic or literary particle used to form yes-no questions, equivalent to the modern "吗" (ma). It is rarely used in modern spoken Chinese but appears in classical texts, poetry, and some fixed expressions.
Rǔ汝
zhī知
zhī之
hū乎
？
Do you know it?
Wáng王
hóu侯
jiàng将
xiàng相
nìng宁
yǒu有
zhǒng种
hū乎
？
Are kings, nobles, generals, and ministers born of special seed?