吗 (ma): meaning and stroke order
吗 (ma) means (question particle for "yes-no" questions), (coll.) what?, used in 吗啡.
吗
- Simplified
- 吗
- Traditional
- 嗎
- Pinyin
- ma · má · mǎ
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Stroke order of 吗
吗
- má (coll.) what?
- mǎ used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1]
- ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions)
- 6 strokes
- Traditional form: 嗎
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Meaning of 吗
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ma
Traditional 嗎
- (question particle for "yes-no" questions)
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má
Traditional 嗎
- (coll.) what?
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mǎ
Traditional 嗎
- used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1]
Radical and structure
- 吗
- Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 6 strokes · 口 on the left, 马 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
吗 in our stories
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“我叫安娜。你是中国人吗？”
wǒ jiào Ānnà nǐ shì Zhōngguórén ma
"My name is Anna. Are you Chinese?"
From the story A new friend HSK 1
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一个女孩说：“你会写汉字吗？”
yí gè nǚhái shuō nǐ huì xiě Hànzì ma
A girl says, "Can you write Chinese characters?"
From the story The first day at school HSK 1
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周亮很着急：“今天还有房间吗？”
Zhōu Liàng hěn zháojí jīntiān háiyǒu fángjiān ma
Zhou Liang was worried: "Do you still have a room tonight?"
From the story Next Friday HSK 2
Stories using 吗
- A new friend HSK 1
- The first day at school HSK 1
- Next Friday HSK 2
- The three-tier cake HSK 5
- Jingwei fills the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).