嘛

máㄇㄚˊ

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TOCFL 5

Meaning

Meanings

1
used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽[an3 ma2 ni2 ba1 mi1 hong1]
2
(Tw) (coll.) what?

Examples

See it in context

来嘛！给我个机会。

來嘛！給我個機會。

Come on! Give me a chance.

幹嘛那麼麻煩?

What's the point in doing that?

你幹嘛學貓叫?

Why are you meowing?

你到底怎么回事嘛

你到底怎麼回事嘛

What is wrong with you?

你到底怎么回事嘛

你到底怎麼回事嘛

What is the matter with you?

Grammar

Grammar using 嘛

嘛

Ma Obvious Particle (嘛) · B1 · TOCFL b1

Lesson coming later

Characters

Character breakdown

口

kǒu

mouth

麻

má

hemp (variant of 麻[ma2])

Related: 嘛

干嘛

gàn má

what are you doing?

Stroke practice

Practice writing 嘛

Characters

simplified script

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