吗 Traditional: 嗎
Pinyin IPA [ma] Zhuyin
HSK 1 particle 助词 Book 1 · Lesson 3 freq #83
Meaning
- particle 助词 used at the end of a question
The sentence-final particle that turns a statement into a yes–no question without changing word order: 你是学生吗？ 'Are you a student?'
- (question particle for "yes-no" questions)
Examples
| 是你吗？ | shì nǐ ma | Is it you? |
| 他对吗？ | tā duì ma | Is he right? |
| 你在吗？ | nǐ zài ma | Are you there? |
Other Pronunciations 多音字
[má] (coll.) what? beyond HSK 1 usage
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