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嘛

ma
HSK 3.0 · Level 6HSK 2.0 · Level 6

In Mandarin Chinese, 嘛 (ma) means “(particle) states the obvious”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

Meaning

  1. (particle) states the obvious

Stroke order

Examples

  • 他还小嘛，你就别怪他了。
    Tā hái xiǎo ma, nǐ jiù bié guài tā le.
    He is still young, after all, so don't blame him.

Characters

嘛
ma
modal particle indicating that sth is obvious; particle indicating a pause for emphasis