嘛 (má)
particle indicating obviousness; used in 'what' (幹嘛)
How 嘛 is written
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Traditional
- 嘛
- Simplified
- 嘛 (unchanged)
Common words using 嘛
- 幹嘛 gànmá
- what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth?
- 喇嘛 lǎma
- Lama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism
- 喇嘛廟 lǎmamiào
- Lamasery; temple of Tibetan Buddhism
- 喇嘛教 lǎmajiào
- Lamaism; Tibetan Buddhism
嘛 in a sentence
你在幹嘛？
Nǐ zài gànmá?
“What are you doing?”
How common is 嘛?
嘛 is the 1,626th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 95.4% of all running text.
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