ma
吗
question particle
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
3 senses · 15 examplesparticle
question particle
Placed at the end of a sentence to turn it into a yes-no question.
Nǐ你
hǎo好
ma吗
？
How are you?
Nǐ你
shì是
Zhōng中
guó国
rén人
ma吗
？
Are you Chinese?
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Tā他
míng明
tiān天
qù去
Běi北
jīng京
ma吗
？
Is he going to Beijing tomorrow?
Nǐ你
chī吃
fàn饭
le了
ma吗
？
Have you eaten?
Zhè这
jiàn件
shì事
shì是
zhēn真
de的
ma吗
？
Is this matter true?
particle
rhetorical question particle
Used in rhetorical questions where the answer is implied or obvious.
Nǐ你
bù不
zhī知
dào道
ma吗
？
Don't you know?
Zhè这
hái还
yòng用
shuō说
ma吗
？
Does this even need to be said?
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Zhè这
néng能
guài怪
wǒ我
ma吗
？
Can this be blamed on me?
Nǐ你
zhè这
yàng样
zuò做
duì对
de得
qǐ起
péng朋
yǒu友
ma吗
？
Can you face your friends acting like this?
Yǒu有
shéi谁
huì会
xiāng相
xìn信
zhè这
zhǒng种
huà话
ma吗
？
Who would believe such words?
particle
topic marker
informalUsed within a sentence to indicate a pause and highlight the topic being discussed.
Qián钱
ma吗
，
néng能
shěng省
diǎn点
jiù就
shěng省
diǎn点
。
As for money, let's save whatever we can.
Zhè这
jiàn件
shì事
ma吗
，
qí其
shí实
yě也
bù不
néng能
guài怪
tā他
。
As for this matter, actually you can't really blame him.
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Wǒ我
ma吗
，
dào倒
shì是
méi没
shén什
me么
yì意
jiàn见
。
Me, I don't really have an opinion.
Nà那
gè个
dì地
fang方
ma吗
，
wǒ我
qù去
guò过
yī一
cì次
。
That place, I've been there once.
Tā他
zhè这
gè个
rén人
ma吗
，
jiù就
shì是
tài太
zhí直
le了
。
As for him, he's just too straightforward.