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Translingual
Han character
嗎 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口尸手火 (RSQF), four-corner 61027, composition ⿰口馬)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 202, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4065
- Dae Jaweon: page 425, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 664, character 10
- Unihan data for U+55CE
Usage notes
This character is listed in the Kangxi dictionary (字彙) as an unorthodox form (俗字) of 罵.
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 馬 (OC *mraːʔ).
Etymology 1
From 無 (OC *ma, “not”) (Schuessler, 2007).
For Philippine Hokkien 嗎 / 吗 (--ba), it is borrowed from Tagalog ba (interrogative particle).
Pronunciation
Definitions
嗎
- Final interrogative particle, forming yes/no questions.
- 你喜歡嗎？／你喜欢吗？ ― Nǐ xǐhuān ma? ― Do you like it?
- 你好嗎？／你好吗？ [Cantonese] ― nei5 hou2 maa3? ― How are you?
Usage notes
The particle 嗎 allows one to turn an affirmative sentence into an interrogative without modifying word order.
- 他喜歡。／他喜欢。 ― Tā xǐhuān. ― He likes it.
- 他喜歡嗎？／他喜欢吗？ ― Tā xǐhuān ma? ― Does he like it?
See also
- (Wu) 𠲎
- Question particle: 呢 (ne) (reciprocal questions).
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
嗎
- Used as a phonetic character.
- 嗎啡／吗啡 ― mǎfēi ― morphine
- 嗎哪／吗哪 ― mǎnǎ ― manna
Compounds
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
嗎
- (Mandarin, colloquial) what
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
什麼 (“what”)
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
何
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
什麼, 恁麼 obsolete
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
什麼, 嗎兒
|
| Taiwan
|
什麼
|
| Chengde
|
什麼
|
| Chifeng
|
啥
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Heihe
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Qiqihar
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Harbin
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Jiamusi
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Baicheng
|
啥
|
| Changchun
|
啥
|
| Tonghua
|
啥
|
| Shenyang
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Jinzhou
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Malaysia
|
什麼
|
| Singapore
|
什麼
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
嗎
|
| Tangshan
|
啥
|
| Cangzhou
|
什麼, 嗎
|
| Baoding
|
什麼
|
| Shijiazhuang
|
啥
|
| Lijin
|
啥, 啥稿兒
|
| Weifang (Weicheng)
|
啥, 什麼
|
| Weifang (Fangzi)
|
什麼
|
| Changle
|
啥, 什麼
|
| Shouguang
|
啥嘎
|
| Rizhao
|
什麼
|
| Wulian
|
什麼
|
| Jinan
|
麼兒, 麼, 什麼, 麼個
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Dalian
|
什麼
|
| Dandong
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Yantai
|
什麼
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
麼, 麼個
|
| Qingdao
|
什麼
|
| Weifang (Hanting)
|
什麼
|
| Changyi
|
什麼
|
| Gaomi
|
什麼
|
| Zhucheng
|
什麼
|
| Anqiu
|
什麼
|
| Linqu
|
什麼
|
| Qingzhou
|
啥, 什麼嘎
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
啥
|
| Lingbao
|
啥兒
|
| Jining
|
什麼
|
| Wanrong
|
色
|
| Linfen
|
啥
|
| Shangqiu
|
啥
|
| Yuanyang
|
什麼
|
| Zhengzhou
|
啥
|
| Xinyang
|
啥
|
| Baihe
|
啥
|
| Xi'an
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Baoji
|
啥, 咋麼
|
| Tianshui
|
啥
|
| Xining
|
啥
|
| Xuzhou
|
什麼, 啥, 啥子
|
| Fuyang
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
啥
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Lanzhou
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Dunhuang
|
啥
|
| Hami
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Ürümqi
|
啥
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
啥子
|
| Nanchong
|
啥, 啥子
|
| Dazhou
|
啥子
|
| Hanyuan
|
啥, 啥子
|
| Xichang
|
啥子
|
| Zigong
|
啥子
|
| Chongqing
|
啥子
|
| Wuhan
|
什麼, 麼事
|
| Yichang
|
什麼兒
|
| Xiangyang
|
什麼, 啥子
|
| Tianmen
|
什麼, 什麼的
|
| Lhasa
|
啥子
|
| Guiyang
|
哪樣
|
| Zunyi
|
啷個, 啥子
|
| Bijie
|
哪樣, 啷子
|
| Liping
|
甚子
|
| Zhaotong
|
什麼, 啥子
|
| Dali
|
咋個
|
| Kunming
|
什麼, 哪樣
|
| Mengzi
|
哪樣
|
| Guilin
|
什麼
|
| Guilin (Lingui)
|
什麼
|
| Guanyang
|
什麼
|
| Liuzhou
|
什麼
|
| Liuzhou (Luorong)
|
什麼
|
| Jishou
|
什麼
|
| Changde
|
麼得
|
| Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
|
麼子
|
| Hanzhong
|
啥子
|
| Dagudi (Maliba)
|
什麼
|
| Reshuitang (Longling)
|
什麼
|
| Mae Salong (Lancang)
|
哪樣, 什麼
|
| Mae Sai (Tengchong)
|
什麼
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
什麼
|
| Yangzhou
|
什麼
|
| Lianyungang
|
什麼
|
| Lianshui
|
什麼
|
| Nantong
|
甚呢
|
| Anqing
|
什麼, 麼東西
|
| Wuhu
|
什麼
|
| Hefei
|
什麼, 哄, 哄個
|
| Hong'an
|
什麼, 麼事, 麼東西
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
乜嘢, 咩嘢, 乜, 咩
|
| Hong Kong
|
乜嘢, 咩嘢, 乜, 咩
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
咩嘢
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
乜嘢
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
咩嘢
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
咩嘢
|
| Macau
|
乜嘢
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
乜嘢
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
乜嘢
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
乜嘢
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
乜嘢
|
| Foshan
|
乜嘢
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
乜嘢
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
乜嘢
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
乜嘢
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
乜嘢
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
乜嘢
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
乜嘢
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
乜
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
乜
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
乜嘢
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
乜
|
| Taishan
|
乜, 乜嘢
|
| Taishan (Guanghai)
|
乜, 乜嘎
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
乜, 乜啊, 乜嘢
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
乜嘢
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
乜嘢
|
| Dongguan
|
乜嘢, 乜
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
乜嘢
|
| Shenzhen (Dapeng)
|
乜嘢, 乜
|
| Yangjiang
|
乜, 乜嘢
|
| Wuzhou
|
乜嘢
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
物底
|
| Guiping
|
乜嘢
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
什麼
|
| Beiliu (Tangliao)
|
乜嘢
|
| Baise
|
乜嘢
|
| Qinzhou
|
乜嘢, 乜
|
| Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)
|
乜底
|
| Beihai
|
乜嘢
|
| Beihai (Nankang)
|
乜嘢
|
| Beihai (Yingpan)
|
乜底
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
乜嘢
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
|
乜嘢
|
| Hengzhou
|
哪門
|
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
乜嘢
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
乜嘢, 咩
|
| Penang (Guangfu)
|
乜嘢, 咩
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
乜嘢, 咩, 乜
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
乜嘢
|
| Móng Cái
|
乜嘢
|
| Yangon (Taishan)
|
乜
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
什哩
|
| Lichuan
|
什仔
|
| Pingxiang
|
咋個
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
麼個
|
| Xingning
|
麼個
|
| Dabu (Gaobei)
|
麼個
|
| Fengshun (Tangkeng)
|
麼個
|
| Fengshun (Fengliang)
|
麼個
|
| Fengshun (Pantian)
|
麼個
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
乜嘢
|
| Huiyang
|
麼個
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
麼個
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
麼個
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
麼個
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
乜嘢
|
| Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
麼個
|
| Wengyuan
|
麼個
|
| Nanxiong (Zhuji)
|
什麼
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
麼個
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
麼個
|
| Liannan
|
麼個
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
麼個
|
| Jiexi
|
麼個
|
| Luhe
|
麼個
|
| Changting
|
麼個, 什西哩, 什西
|
| Wuping
|
麼個, 麼事
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
麼個
|
| Liancheng
|
麼個, 什麼
|
| Ninghua
|
什麼
|
| Yudu
|
子個
|
| Ruijin
|
咩, 唔幾
|
| Shicheng
|
什麼
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
哪個, 哪項, 個哪, 哪
|
| Tonggu (Sandu)
|
麼個
|
| Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
什麼
|
| Dayu
|
什麼
|
| Taoyuan
|
麼個
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
麼個
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
麼個
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
麼個
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
麼個
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
麼個
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
麼個
|
| Nantou (Guoxing; Lufeng)
|
麼個
|
| Hong Kong
|
麼個
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
麼個
|
| Luchuan
|
麼個
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
麼個
|
| Kuching (Hepo)
|
乜個
|
| Singkawang
|
麼個
|
| Pontianak (Meixian)
|
麼個
|
| Singapore (Dabu)
|
麼個
|
| Bangkok (Meixian)
|
麼個
|
| Bangkok (Fengshun)
|
麼個
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
麼仂
|
| Shexian
|
麼二
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
甚
|
| Yangyuan
|
什麼, 啥, 咋, 甚
|
| Datong
|
啥
|
| Xinzhou
|
甚
|
| Lüliang (Lishi)
|
甚
|
| Changzhi
|
什麼
|
| Linhe
|
什麼, 甚
|
| Jining
|
甚
|
| Hohhot
|
甚
|
| Erenhot
|
什麼, 甚
|
| Pingshan
|
什麼兒
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
什麼
|
| Handan
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Linzhou
|
啥
|
| Suide
|
什麼, 甚
|
| Jiuxing Yumin
|
Lanxi
|
啥哩
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
孰事, 孰麼, 孰麼事
|
| Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
橘二, 橘二事
|
| Songxi
|
什麼事
|
| Jianyang
|
孰事
|
| Wuyishan
|
什麼事
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
孰麼, 孰, 孰麼事, 孰事, 孰麼契, 孰契
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
什乇, 什名, 什乇名, 面乇名
|
| Fuzhou (Changle)
|
什乇
|
| Fuqing
|
什乇, 乜乇
|
| Pingtan
|
什乇
|
| Yongtai
|
哪乇
|
| Gutian
|
乇, 什乇
|
| Fu'an
|
乜乇
|
| Ningde
|
哪乇
|
| Shouning
|
呢乇
|
| Zhouning
|
乜乇
|
| Fuding
|
哪乇
|
| Matsu
|
什乇
|
| Singapore (Fuqing)
|
什乇
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
什物, 啥物, 啥貨
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
什物
|
| Quanzhou
|
啥物, 乜
|
| Jinjiang
|
啥物
|
| Nan'an
|
什物
|
| Shishi
|
啥物
|
| Hui'an
|
什物
|
| Anxi
|
啥物
|
| Yongchun
|
啥物
|
| Dehua
|
啥物
|
| Zhangzhou
|
哪貨仔, 哪貨, 哪仔, 哪物仔, 哪物, 什物, 啥物, 啥貨, 啥物仔, 啥貨仔
|
| Zhangzhou (Longhai)
|
啥物, 啥
|
| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
啥
|
| Hua'an
|
什物
|
| Nanjing
|
哪物
|
| Pinghe
|
啥物
|
| Zhangpu
|
啥貨
|
| Yunxiao
|
什物仔
|
| Zhao'an
|
什物
|
| Dongshan
|
什物
|
| Taipei
|
啥貨, 啥物, 啥
|
| Taipei (Wanhua)
|
啥物
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
啥
|
| Kaohsiung
|
啥, 啥貨, 啥物
|
| Kaohsiung (Cijin)
|
啥物, 啥
|
| Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
|
啥物, 啥
|
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
|
啥物, 啥
|
| Yilan
|
啥貨, 啥物貨
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
啥物, 啥貨
|
| Taichung
|
啥, 啥貨
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
啥物
|
| Tainan
|
啥物, 啥貨
|
| Taitung
|
啥物
|
| Hsinchu
|
啥, 啥物
|
| Kinmen
|
啥貨, 啥物, 什物, 物代
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
啥貨, 物代
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
何物
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
什物
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
啥物
|
| Medan (Hokkien)
|
何物
|
| Longyan
|
什物
|
| Datian
|
啥貨, 什物
|
| Chaozhou
|
乜個, 乜
|
| Shantou
|
乜個, 乜
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
乜個
|
| Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
乜個
|
| Jieyang
|
乜個, 乜, 是乜
|
| Haifeng
|
乜個, 乜
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
乜個
|
| Phnom Penh (Teochew)
|
乜個
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)
|
乜個
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
乜個
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
乜個, 什乜, 底個
|
| Batam (Teochew)
|
乜個, 什乜, 底個
|
| Pontianak (Teochew)
|
乜個
|
| Leizhou
|
乜
|
| Wenchang
|
乜
|
| Haikou
|
乜, 個乜
|
| Qionghai
|
乜
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
乜
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
甚麼
|
| Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
啥貨
|
| Sanming (Sanyuan)
|
啥貨
|
| Sanming (Shaxian)
|
啥貨
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
乜儗
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
門, 哪門
|
| Binyang (Xinqiao)
|
哪門
|
| Waxiang
|
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
|
什個
|
| Luxi (Lijiatian)
|
什家
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
啥, 啥個, 啥物事
|
| Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang)
|
啥物
|
| Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong)
|
啥物事
|
| Shanghai (Fengxian)
|
啥物
|
| Shanghai (Jinshan)
|
做啥
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| Shanghai (Qingpu)
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哈個
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
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何, 何物, 何物事
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| Suzhou
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啥, 啥個, 啥物事
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| Wuxi
|
啥, 啥個, 啥物事, 啥物
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| Danyang
|
點高
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| Hangzhou
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啥
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| Ningbo
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啥, 啥西
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| Wenzhou
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何乜
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| Jinhua
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待, 淡
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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麼子
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| Loudi
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麼子
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| Shuangfeng
|
麼子
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| Quanzhou
|
什麼
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| Guanyang (Wenshi)
|
啥
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Compounds
Etymology 4
For pronunciation and definitions of 嗎 – see 罵 (“to chide; to blame; to curse; to swear; etc.”).
(This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 罵). |
Japanese
Kanji
嗎
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
嗎 • (ma) (hangeul 마)
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Vietnamese
Han character
嗎: Hán Nôm readings: mửa, ma, mớ, mạ, mắng, mỉa, mứa, mựa
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