Translingual edit
Han character edit
嘛 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口戈木木 (RIDD) or 口戈十金 (RIJC), four-corner 60094, composition ⿰口麻)
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 206, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4230
- Dae Jaweon: page 429, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 678, character 7
- Unihan data for U+561B
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
嘛
- (suggests that the preceding is obvious, sometimes impatient in tone): Of course!
- 這樣才對嘛!/这样才对嘛! ― Zhèyàng cái duì ma! ― That's how it should be!
- Signals a pause in a sentence, sometimes used to get the listener's attention.
- 你嘛,不必去。 ― Nǐ ma, bùbì qù. ― You, don't need to go.
- Used at the end of an imperative or request to express expectation or dissuasion.
- 別著急嘛。/别着急嘛。 ― Bié zhāojí ma. ― Don't worry.
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
嘛
- (dialectal) what
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of
什麼 (“what”)
[map] Variety | Location | Words |
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Classical Chinese | 何 |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 什麼 |
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Mandarin | Beijing | 什麼, 嗎兒 |
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Taiwan | 什麼 |
Tianjin | 嗎 |
Chengde | 什麼 |
Tangshan | 啥 |
Cangzhou | 什麼, 嗎 |
Baoding | 什麼 |
Shijiazhuang | 啥 |
Chifeng | 啥 |
Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 什麼, 啥 |
Heihe | 什麼, 啥 |
Qiqihar | 什麼, 啥 |
Harbin | 什麼, 啥 |
Jiamusi | 什麼, 啥 |
Baicheng | 啥 |
Changchun | 啥 |
Tonghua | 啥 |
Shenyang | 什麼, 啥 |
Dandong | 什麼, 啥 |
Jinzhou | 什麼, 啥 |
Dalian | 什麼 |
Yantai | 什麼 |
Yantai (Muping) | 麼, 麼個 |
Qingdao | 什麼 |
Lijin | 啥, 啥稿兒 |
Weifang (Weicheng) | 啥, 什麼 |
Weifang (Fangzi) | 什麼 |
Weifang (Hanting) | 什麼 |
Changyi | 什麼 |
Gaomi | 什麼 |
Zhucheng | 什麼 |
Anqiu | 什麼 |
Changle | 啥, 什麼 |
Linqu | 什麼 |
Qingzhou | 啥, 什麼嘎 |
Shouguang | 啥嘎 |
Rizhao | 什麼 |
Wulian | 什麼 |
Jinan | 麼兒, 麼, 什麼, 麼個 |
Jining | 什麼 |
Luoyang | 啥 |
Wanrong | 色 |
Shangqiu | 啥 |
Yuanyang | 什麼 |
Zhengzhou | 啥 |
Lingbao | 啥兒 |
Xinyang | 啥 |
Baihe | 啥 |
Hanzhong | 啥子 |
Xi'an | 什麼, 啥 |
Baoji | 啥, 咋麼 |
Yinchuan | 什麼, 啥 |
Tianshui | 啥 |
Lanzhou | 什麼, 啥 |
Dunhuang | 啥 |
Xining | 啥 |
Hami | 什麼, 啥 |
Ürümqi | 啥 |
Wuhan | 什麼, 麼事 |
Yichang | 什麼兒 |
Xiangyang | 什麼, 啥子 |
Tianmen | 什麼, 什麼的 |
Hong'an | 什麼, 麼事, 麼東西 |
Chengdu | 啥子 |
Nanchong | 啥, 啥子 |
Dazhou | 啥子 |
Hanyuan | 啥, 啥子 |
Xichang | 啥子 |
Zigong | 啥子 |
Chongqing | 啥子 |
Lhasa | 啥子 |
Guiyang | 哪樣 |
Zunyi | 啷個, 啥子 |
Bijie | 哪樣, 啷子 |
Liping | 甚子 |
Zhaotong | 什麼, 啥子 |
Dali | 咋個 |
Kunming | 什麼, 哪樣 |
Mengzi | 哪樣 |
Guilin | 什麼 |
Guilin (Lingui) | 什麼 |
Guanyang | 什麼 |
Liuzhou | 什麼 |
Liuzhou (Luorong) | 什麼 |
Jishou | 什麼 |
Changde | 麼得 |
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 麼子 |
Anqing | 什麼, 麼東西 |
Xuzhou | 什麼, 啥, 啥子 |
Fuyang | 什麼, 啥 |
Wuhu | 什麼 |
Yangzhou | 什麼 |
Lianyungang | 什麼 |
Lianshui | 什麼 |
Nanjing | 什麼 |
Hefei | 什麼, 哄, 哄個 |
Nantong | 甚呢 |
Malaysia | 什麼 |
Singapore | 什麼 |
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 啥 |
Dagudi (Maliba) | 什麼 |
Reshuitang (Longling) | 什麼 |
Mae Salong (Lancang) | 哪樣, 什麼 |
Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 什麼 |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 乜嘢, 咩嘢, 乜, 咩 |
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Hong Kong | 乜嘢, 咩嘢, 乜, 咩 |
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 咩嘢 |
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 乜嘢 |
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 咩嘢 |
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 咩嘢 |
Macau | 乜嘢 |
Guangzhou (Panyu) | 乜嘢 |
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 乜嘢 |
Guangzhou (Conghua) | 乜嘢 |
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 乜嘢 |
Foshan | 乜嘢 |
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 乜嘢 |
Foshan (Shunde) | 乜嘢 |
Foshan (Sanshui) | 乜嘢 |
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 乜嘢 |
Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 乜嘢 |
Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 乜嘢 |
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 乜 |
Zhuhai (Doumen) | 乜 |
Jiangmen (Baisha) | 乜嘢 |
Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 乜 |
Taishan | 乜, 乜嘢 |
Taishan (Guanghai) | 乜, 乜嘎 |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 乜, 乜啊, 乜嘢 |
Enping (Niujiang) | 乜嘢 |
Heshan (Yayao) | 乜嘢 |
Dongguan | 乜嘢, 乜 |
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 乜嘢 |
Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 乜嘢, 乜 |
Yangjiang | 乜, 乜嘢 |
Wuzhou | 乜嘢 |
Hepu (Lianzhou) | 物底 |
Guiping | 乜嘢 |
Mengshan (Xihe) | 什麼 |
Beiliu (Tangliao) | 乜嘢 |
Baise | 乜嘢 |
Qinzhou | 乜嘢, 乜 |
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 乜底 |
Beihai | 乜嘢 |
Beihai (Nankang) | 乜嘢 |
Beihai (Yingpan) | 乜底 |
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 乜嘢 |
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 乜嘢 |
Hengzhou | 哪門 |
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 乜嘢 |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 乜嘢, 咩 |
Penang (Guangfu) | 乜嘢, 咩 |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 乜嘢, 咩, 乜 |
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 乜嘢 |
Móng Cái | 乜嘢 |
Yangon (Taishan) | 乜 |
Gan | Nanchang | 什哩 |
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Lichuan | 什仔 |
Pingxiang | 咋個 |
Hakka | Meixian | 麼個 |
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Xingning | 麼個 |
Dabu (Gaobei) | 麼個 |
Fengshun (Tangkeng) | 麼個 |
Fengshun (Fengliang) | 麼個 |
Fengshun (Pantian) | 麼個 |
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 乜嘢 |
Huiyang | 麼個 |
Huidong (Daling) | 麼個 |
Dongguan (Qingxi) | 麼個 |
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 麼個 |
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 乜嘢 |
Wuhua (Huacheng) | 麼個 |
Wengyuan | 麼個 |
Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 什麼 |
Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 麼個 |
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 麼個 |
Liannan | 麼個 |
Conghua (Lütian) | 麼個 |
Jiexi | 麼個 |
Luhe | 麼個 |
Changting | 麼個, 什西哩, 什西 |
Wuping | 麼個, 麼事 |
Wuping (Pingyu) | 麼個 |
Liancheng | 麼個, 什麼 |
Ninghua | 什麼 |
Yudu | 子個 |
Ruijin | 咩, 唔幾 |
Shicheng | 什麼 |
Shangyou (Shexi) | 哪個, 哪項, 個哪, 哪 |
Tonggu (Sandu) | 麼個 |
Ganzhou (Panlong) | 什麼 |
Dayu | 什麼 |
Taoyuan | 麼個 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 麼個 |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 麼個 |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 麼個 |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 麼個 |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 麼個 |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 麼個 |
Nantou (Guoxing; Lufeng) | 麼個 |
Hong Kong | 麼個 |
Mengshan (Xihe) | 麼個 |
Luchuan | 麼個 |
Senai (Huiyang) | 麼個 |
Kuching (Hepo) | 麼個 |
Singkawang | 麼個 |
Pontianak (Meixian) | 麼個 |
Singapore (Dabu) | 麼個 |
Bangkok (Meixian) | 麼個 |
Bangkok (Fengshun) | 麼個 |
Huizhou | Jixi | 麼仂 |
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Shexian | 麼二 |
Jin | Taiyuan | 甚 |
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Yangyuan | 什麼, 啥, 咋, 甚 |
Datong | 啥 |
Xinzhou | 甚 |
Lishi | 甚 |
Linfen | 啥 |
Changzhi | 什麼 |
Linhe | 什麼, 甚 |
Jining | 甚 |
Hohhot | 甚 |
Erenhot | 什麼, 甚 |
Pingshan | 什麼兒 |
Zhangjiakou | 什麼 |
Handan | 什麼, 啥 |
Linzhou | 啥 |
Suide | 什麼, 甚 |
Jiuxing Yumin | Lanxi | 啥哩 |
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Northern Min | Jian'ou | 孰事, 孰麼, 孰麼事 |
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Jian'ou (Dikou) | 橘二, 橘二事 |
Songxi | 什麼事 |
Jianyang | 孰事 |
Wuyishan | 什麼事 |
Pucheng (Shibei) | 孰麼, 孰, 孰麼事, 孰事, 孰麼契, 孰契 |
Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 什乇, 什名, 什乇名, 面乇名 |
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Changle | 什乇 |
Fuqing | 什乇, 乜乇 |
Pingtan | 什乇 |
Yongtai | 哪乇 |
Gutian | 乇, 什乇 |
Fu'an | 乜乇 |
Ningde | 哪乇 |
Shouning | 呢乇 |
Zhouning | 乜乇 |
Fuding | 哪乇 |
Matsu | 什乇 |
Singapore (Fuqing) | 什乇 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 什物, 啥物, 啥貨 |
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Xiamen (Tong'an) | 什物 |
Quanzhou | 啥物, 乜 |
Jinjiang | 啥物 |
Nan'an | 什物 |
Shishi | 啥物 |
Hui'an | 什物 |
Anxi | 啥物 |
Yongchun | 啥物 |
Dehua | 啥物 |
Zhangzhou | 哪貨仔, 哪貨, 哪仔, 哪物仔, 哪物, 什物, 啥物, 啥貨, 啥物仔, 啥貨仔 |
Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 啥物, 啥 |
Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 啥 |
Hua'an | 什物 |
Nanjing | 哪物 |
Pinghe | 啥物 |
Zhangpu | 啥貨 |
Yunxiao | 什物仔 |
Zhao'an | 什物 |
Dongshan | 什物 |
Taipei | 啥貨, 啥物, 啥 |
Taipei (Wanhua) | 啥物 |
New Taipei (Sanxia) | 啥 |
Kaohsiung | 啥, 啥貨, 啥物 |
Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 啥物, 啥 |
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 啥物, 啥 |
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 啥物, 啥 |
Yilan | 啥貨, 啥物貨 |
Changhua (Lukang) | 啥物, 啥貨 |
Taichung | 啥, 啥貨 |
Taichung (Wuqi) | 啥物 |
Tainan | 啥物, 啥貨 |
Taitung | 啥物 |
Hsinchu | 啥, 啥物 |
Kinmen | 啥貨, 啥物, 什物, 物代 |
Penghu (Magong) | 啥貨, 物代 |
Penang (Hokkien) | 何物 |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 什物 |
Manila (Hokkien) | 啥物 |
Medan (Hokkien) | 何物 |
Longyan | 什物 |
Datian | 啥貨, 什物 |
Chaozhou | 乜個, 乜 |
Shantou | 乜個, 乜 |
Shantou (Chenghai) | 乜個 |
Shantou (Chaoyang) | 乜個 |
Jieyang | 乜個, 乜, 是乜 |
Haifeng | 乜個, 乜 |
Bangkok (Teochew) | 乜個 |
Phnom Penh (Teochew) | 乜個 |
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 乜個 |
Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 乜個 |
Singapore (Teochew) | 乜個, 什乜, 底個 |
Batam (Teochew) | 乜個, 什乜, 底個 |
Pontianak (Teochew) | 乜個 |
Leizhou | 乜 |
Wenchang | 乜 |
Haikou | 乜, 個乜 |
Qionghai | 乜 |
Singapore (Hainanese) | 乜 |
Central Min | Yong'an | 啥貨 |
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Sanyuan | 啥貨 |
Shaxian | 啥貨 |
Zhongshan Min | Sanxiang | 乜儗 |
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Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 門, 哪門 |
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Binyang (Xinqiao) | 哪門 |
Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 什個 |
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Luxi (Lijiatian) | 什家 |
Wu | Shanghai | 啥, 啥個, 啥物事 |
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Shanghai (Chongming) | 何 |
Suzhou | 啥, 啥個, 啥物事 |
Wuxi | 啥, 啥個, 啥物事, 啥物 |
Danyang | 點高 |
Hangzhou | 啥 |
Ningbo | 啥, 啥西 |
Wenzhou | 何乜 |
Jinhua | 待, 淡 |
Xiang | Changsha | 麼子 |
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Loudi | 麼子 |
Shuangfeng | 麼子 |
Quanzhou | 什麼 |
Guanyang (Wenshi) | 啥 |
Compounds edit
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
嘛
- Only used in 喇嘛 (lǎma).
Compounds edit
Etymology 4 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
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嘛
- (Southern Min) also
- 無魚蝦嘛好/无鱼虾嘛好 [Hokkien] ― bô hî hê mā hó [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― If there are no fish, prawns are also good.
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of
也 (“also, too”)
[map] Variety | Location | Words |
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Classical Chinese | 亦 |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 也 |
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Mandarin | Beijing | 也 |
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Taiwan | 也 |
Jinan | 也 |
Xi'an | 也 |
Wuhan | 也 |
Chengdu | 也 |
Guilin | 也 |
Yangzhou | 也 |
Hefei | 也 |
Malaysia | 也 |
Singapore | 也 |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 都, 亦 |
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Hong Kong | 都, 亦, 亦都 |
Macau | 都, 亦 formal |
Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 都, 也 |
Taishan | 亦 |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 亦, 都, 亦都 |
Yangjiang | 也 |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 都 |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 都, 亦都 |
Gan | Nanchang | 也 |
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Hakka | Meixian | 也 |
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Wuhua (Meilin) | 也 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 乜 |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 乜, 也 |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 乜 |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 乜 |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 乜 |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 嘛 |
Kuching (Hepo) | 呠 |
Huizhou | Jixi | 也 |
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Jin | Taiyuan | 也 |
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Northern Min | Jian'ou | 也 |
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Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 也 |
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Southern Min | Xiamen | 也, 嘛 |
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Quanzhou | 也, 嘛 |
Zhangzhou | 也, 嘛 |
Taipei | 也, 嘛 |
Penang (Hokkien) | 呠 |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 也, 呠, 嘛 |
Manila (Hokkien) | 也, 嘛 |
Chaozhou | 也 |
Shantou | 也 |
Jieyang | 也 |
Singapore (Teochew) | 呠, 也, 嘛 |
Pontianak (Teochew) | 也 |
Wenchang | 也 |
Zhongshan Min | Shaxi (Longdu) | 都 |
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Wu | Shanghai | 也 |
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Suzhou | 亦 |
Wenzhou | 也 |
Xiang | Changsha | 也 |
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Shuangfeng | 也 |
Etymology 5 edit
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
嘛
- Only used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 (ǎn mānī bēimēi hōng).
Etymology 6 edit
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
嘛
- Only used in 嘛嘛吼.
References edit
Japanese edit
嘛 • (ma) (hangeul 마, revised ma, McCune–Reischauer ma, Yale ma)
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Vietnamese edit
Han character edit
嘛: Hán Nôm readings: ma
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