吗 (ma) is a Chinese word meaning “(question particle for "yes-no" questions)”.
Meanings
- 1(question particle for "yes-no" questions)
- Part of speech
- auxiliary
Related words
吗(coll.) what?吗used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1]干吗variant of 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4 ma2]吗啡morphine (loanword)不是吗isn't that so?不香吗(slang) would be better (abbr. for 這錢買排骨它不香嗎|这钱买排骨它不香吗[zhe4 qian2 mai3 pai2 gu3 ta1 bu4 xiang1 ma5] for that money, a pork cutlet would be more appetizing, would it not?)吗哪manna (Israelite food)吗啉morpholine (chemistry) (loanword)吗喽(slang) monkey (often used humorously or self-deprecatingly by overworked laborers)约吗(neologism, attested by 2014) (slang) Are you interested? (originally an invitation for casual sex, later generalized as a playful or humorous invitation for any activity)