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嘛

má

HSK 6 Character

What 嘛 means

1. used in {唵嘛呢叭咪吽|ǎn má ní bā mī hōng}
2. Taiwancolloquialwhat?

Other readings

嘛 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• mamodal particle indicating that sth is obvious; particle indicating a pause for emphasis

Example sentences

• 这事嘛
  So this is the thing.
• 你在干嘛？
  What are you doing?
• 然后干嘛？
  What do we do after this?
• 唵嘛呢叭咪吽
  ǎnmaníbāmīhōng
  Oṃ - the gem is in the lotus - hūṃ
• 我干嘛在乎？
  Why do I even care?
• 你亲自去嘛！
  Go there yourself.

Words containing 嘛

• 干嘛gàn máwhat are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth?
• 喇嘛lǎ malama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism
• 达赖喇嘛Dá lài Lǎ maDalai Lama
• 要嘛yào maeither ...; or ...
• 喇嘛庙lǎ ma miàolamasery; temple of Tibetan Buddhism
• 喇嘛教Lǎ ma jiàoLamaism; Tibetan Buddhism
• 班禅喇嘛Bān chán Lǎ maPanchen Lama
• 唵嘛呢叭咪吽ǎn má ní bā mī hōngom mani padme hum (Buddhist mantra)

Characters that look like 嘛

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 旗qíflag; variant of 旗
• 橡xiàngoak; Quercus serrata
• 慷kāngused in 慷慨
• 蝙biānused in 蝙蝠
• 锹qiāoshovel; spade
• 煅duànto calcine; variant of 锻

Sounds the same

Read má, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 麻hemp (variant of 麻
• 么exclamatory final particle
• 吗(colloquial) what?
• 蟆toad
• 痲used in 痲痹; used in 痲风; used in 痲疹