吗 (嗎) ma
particle
indicates a question
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
, Subdomain: Function Words
, Concept: Modal Particle 语气助词
Notes: Placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a yes or no question (Sun 2006, loc. 850)
Contained in
- 不是吗(不是嗎) isn't that so?
- 吗啡(嗎啡) morphine ; morphine
- 干吗(幹嗎) to what end?; whatever for?; do what?
- 吗哪(嗎哪) manna (Israelite food)
- 吗啉(嗎啉) morpholine
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第二回 Chapter 110 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 8
- 第二回 Chapter 108 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 6
- 第二回 Chapter 97 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 6
- 第二回 Chapter 101 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5
- 第二回 Chapter 114 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5
- 第二回 Chapter 112 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 4
- 第二回 Chapter 99 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 4
- 第二回 Chapter 117 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 4
- 第二回 Chapter 111 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
- 國風‧邶‧北風 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Bei Feng The Book of Songs 詩經 — count: 3