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吗
má
interrogative particle
HSK 1Common
What does 吗 mean?
吗 (pinyin: má) means interrogative particle. It belongs to the official HSK 1 vocabulary (beginner), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.
Example with 吗
Character families
Every HSK 1–4 word containing 吗
Related HSK 1 words
| 时候 | shí hou | time, moment, when |
| 小 | xiǎo | small, little |
| 呢 | ne | interrogative particle (used to form a question or to ask "and...?") |
| 太 | tài | too, very |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more |
| 年 | Nián | year |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now |
| 里 | lǐ | in, inside |
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