# 吗 (ma)

In Mandarin Chinese, 吗 (ma) means “(question particle)”. It is part of the HSK 1 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: (question particle)
- Pinyin: ma (ma5)
- Traditional: 嗎
- HSK 3.0 · Level 1
- HSK 2.0 · Level 1
- Other readings: má — what?

## Examples

- 你好吗？
  nǐ hǎo ma
  How are you?

https://hanziro.com/word/ma-question-particle/

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