吗

Meaningma(modal particle)

(question particle for "yes-no" questions)

Don't add 吗 to questions with a question word or an A-not-A form.

Examples

• 你是中国人吗？

  nǐ shì zhōng guó rén ma?

  Are you Chinese?

• 你吃饭了吗？

  nǐ chī fàn le ma?

  Have you eaten?

• 明天你有空吗？

  míng tiān nǐ yǒu kōng ma?

  Are you free tomorrow?

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Meaningmá(modal particle)

(coll.) what?

Examples

• 你干吗不早点告诉我？

  nǐ gàn má bù zǎo diǎn gào sù wǒ?

  Why didn't you tell me earlier?

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Meaningmǎ(modal particle)

used in 吗啡

Examples

• 医生给病人打了吗啡。

  yī shēng gěi bìng rén dǎ le mǎ fēi.

  The doctor gave the patient morphine.

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