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
Chinese[edit]
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
|
| Classical Chinese
|
何
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
什麼
|
| Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
什麼, 嗎兒
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| Lichuan
|
什仔
|
| Pingxiang
|
咋個
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
麼個
|
| 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
|
| Shexian
|
麼二
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
甚
|
| 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
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
孰事, 孰麼, 孰麼事
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| Sanyuan
|
啥貨
|
| Shaxian
|
啥貨
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Sanxiang
|
乜儗
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
門, 哪門
|
| Binyang (Xinqiao)
|
哪門
|
| Waxiang
|
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
|
什個
|
| Luxi (Lijiatian)
|
什家
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
啥, 啥個, 啥物事
|
| 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
|
| 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]
Definitions[edit]
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
|
| Classical Chinese
|
亦
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
也
|
| Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
也
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
也
|
| 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
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
也
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
也
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
也
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
也, 嘛
|
| 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
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
也
|
| Suzhou
|
亦
|
| Wenzhou
|
也
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
也
|
| 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
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings[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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