English
- final interrogative particle
- (coll.) what?
- used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1]
- (question particle for "yes-no" questions)
- used at the end of a statement to form a formal yes-no question
- used at the end of an utterance for emphasis or confirmation after 吖 (aa1), 啦 (laa1), 𠺢 (gaa1), 喳 (zaa1)
粵語
- 用嚟將陳述句變成問句嘅句末助詞
- 用喺句尾「吖」「啦」「𠺢」「喳」後面，用嚟表達強調或者確認
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 嗎
- 嗎啡maa1 fe1
morphine (loanword)
- 約嗎joek3 maa1
(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)
- 是嗎si6 maa3
really; Is that so? [written]
- 好嗎hou2 maa1*3
is it ok?; is it alright?; is it good or not? [written and colloquial]
- 嗎哪maa1 naa5
manna (Israelite food)
- 幹嗎gon3 maa1
variant of 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4 ma2]
- 忙嗎mong4 maa1
- 吖嗎aa1 maa3
a way of expression, with surprised or doubtful feeling
- 不是嗎bat1 si6 maa1
isn't that so?
- 傻的嗎so4 dik1 maa1
originated from the swear word filter of the HKGolden forum which shows this word in place of 戇撚鳩 ngong6 lan2 gau1 (fucking idiot), and became widespread afterwards
- 嗎嘍maa1 lau4
(slang) monkey (often used humorously or self-deprecatingly by overworked laborers)
- 你好嗎nei5 hou2 maa1
how are you?
- 幾好嗎gei2 hou2 ma3
- 你明嗎nei5 ming4 maa3
- 知道了嗎zi1 dou3 liu5 maa1
- 不香嗎bat1 hoeng1 maa1
(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?)
- 餓了嗎ngo6 liu5 maa1
- 嗎啉maa1 lam4
morpholine (chemistry) (loanword)
- 得閒嗎dak1 haan4 ma3
- 可不是嗎ho2 bat1 si6 maa1
no? don't you think so?
- 回到了嗎wui4 dou3 liu5 maa1
- 去到了嗎heoi3 dou3 liu5 ma3
- 在深圳嗎zoi6 sam1 zan3 maa3
- 睇到嗎tai2 dou2 ma3