English
- final exclamatory particle
- used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽[an3 ma2 ni2 ba1 mi1 hong1]
- modal particle indicating that sth is obvious
- (adjective) So so (only in reduplication, "嘛嘛")
- used at the end of sentence to express that the speaker "got the message" or has realised something, and to seek confirmation by repeating the information
- (Tw) (coll.) what?
- particle indicating a pause for emphasis
- to express a questioning attitude at the end of an utterance when correcting someone
- used at the end of sentence to confirm whether the worst-case scenario has happened; usually used with negative sentences
- can be used in combination with other particles to form composite particles
- used at the end of an utterance for emphasis or confirmation after 吖 (aa1), 啦 (laa1), 𠺢 (gaa1), 喳 (zaa1)
粵語
- 放喺句尾，用嚟表達自己啱啱明白咗啲嘢，複述多次去確認
- 更正對方嘅時候，放喺句尾用嚟表達質疑嘅態度
- 放喺句尾，用嚟確認最壞嘅情況有冇發生；通常同否定句一齊用
- 可以加喺其他助詞後面，組成複合助詞
- 用喺句尾「吖」「啦」「𠺢」「喳」後面，用嚟表達強調或者確認
Words containing 嘛
- 之嘛zi1 maa3
(modal particle) Used at the end of a sentence, usually to show the unimportance of the thing you talked about; "that's all"
- 喇嘛laa1 maa4
lama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism
- 下嘛haa6 maa5
contraction of 係咪呀 hai6 mai6 aa3, meaning "right?" or "isn't that the case?"
- 吖嘛aa1 maa3
isn't it; okay; right
- 呀嘛aa6 maa5
used at the end of sentence to express that the speaker "got the message" or has realised something, and to seek confirmation by repeating the information
- 咋嘛za1 maa3
added at the end of a clause to indicate that the topic in question is nothing special or unimpressive, contrary to what one might think
- 㗎嘛gaa3 maa3
final particle for making an assertion [colloquial]
- 幹嘛gon3 maa1
what are you doing?
- 要嘛jiu3 maa1
either ...
- 啊嘛aa6 maa5
- 啦嘛laa1 maa3
- 喇嘛教laa1 maa3 gaau3
Lamaism; Tibetan Buddhism
- 喇嘛廟laa1 maa3 miu6
lamasery
- 炸嘛zaa3 maa3
- 黑嘛嘛hak1 maa1 maa1
pitch-dark; murky; lightless
- 黑嘛嘛hak1 maa1 maa1
pitch-dark; murky; lightless
- 喳嘛zaa1 maa3
added at the end of a clause to indicate that the topic in question is nothing special or unimpressive, contrary to what one might think
- 啫嘛ze1 maa3
added at the end of a clause to indicate that the topic in question is nothing special or unimpressive, contrary to what one might think
- 能乾嘛nang4 gon1 maa3
- 想乾嘛soeng2 gon1 maa3
- 去啦嘛heoi3 laa1 maa3
- 係啊嘛hai6 aa3 maa3
- 𠺢嘛gaa1 maa3
a combination of 嘅 and 吖嘛; used at the end of a sentence to express that it is something that the listener/reader should be aware of, or something that they are expected to agree with
- 班禪喇嘛baan1 sim4 laa1 maa4
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