Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/吗-ma

嗎／吗 (ma)

嗎／吗 (ma) is the interrogative final particle.

Uses

嗎／吗 (ma) is one of the most common particles in Chinese. A particle goes on the end of a sentense.

It is used to ask questions.

The particle 嗎／吗 is placed on the end of question which can only be answered with a “yes” or a “no”.

Examples

• 你餓嗎？／你饿吗？ Nǐ è ma?

Are you hungry?

• 你要去上海嗎？／你要去上海吗？ Nǐ yào qù Shànghǎi ma?

Are you going to go to Shanghai?

• 你是中國人嗎？／你是中国人吗？ Nǐ shì zhōngguórén ma?

Are you Chinese?

Other particles

How to make the difference between 吧 (ba) and 嗎／吗 (ma)?: The particle 吧 (ba)

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