What does 吗 mean in Chinese?

吗 (mǎ) means "see 嗎啡|吗啡, morphine" in Chinese. It is an HSK Level 1 word.

How do you pronounce 吗?

吗 is pronounced "mǎ" in Mandarin Chinese. The tone number is 3.

吗 is an HSK Level 1 word (HSK 2.0: Level 2, HSK 3.0: Level 1).

Common words with 吗 include 干吗 (see 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4 ma2]), 吗哪 (manna (Israelite food)), 吗啡 (morphine (loanword)), 不是吗 (isn't that so?).

You can practice writing 吗 using our stroke order tool.

吗

mǎ

see 嗎啡|吗啡, morphine

Traditional: 嗎

Radical: 口 (no. 30)Traditional: 嗎

你好吗？

Nǐ hǎo ma

How are you?

Word	Pinyin	Meaning	HSK
干吗	gàn má	see 幹嘛\|干嘛[gan4 ma2]	HSK 3
吗哪	mǎ nǎ	manna (Israelite food)
吗啡	mǎ fēi	morphine (loanword)
不是吗	bù shì ma	isn't that so?

Subject + (Time) + (Place) + Verb + Object

Statement + 吗？

Subject + 想 + Verb + Object

Subject + 会 + Verb + Object

Subject + Verb + 了 + Object

HSK 2.0: Level 2HSK 3.0: Level 1

Reviewed by Rudolph Minister, Founder and HSK Instructor.