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 )
Kangxi Dictionary:not present , would followpage 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 嘛
( suggests that the preceding is obvious, sometimesimpatient in tone ) : Of course !這樣 才 對 嘛 ！／ 这样 才 对 嘛 ！Zhèyàng cái duìma ! Signals a pause in a sentence, sometimes used to get the listener's attention. 你 嘛 ，不必 去 。Nǐma , bùbì qù. , don't need to go.Used at the end of animperative or request to expressexpectation ordissuasion . 別 著急 嘛 。／ 别 着急 嘛 。Bié zhāojíma . (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium . Particularly: “Similar but maybe unrelated to Zhuangmaz ”)
嘛
( dialectal ) what Dialectal synonyms of
什麼 (“what”)
[map] Variety Location Words Classical Chinese 何 Formal(Written Standard Chinese ) 什麼 恁麼 obsolete Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 什麼 嗎兒 Taiwan 什麼 Chengde 什麼 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 Jinzhou 什麼 啥 Malaysia 什麼 Singapore 什麼 Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 嗎 Tangshan 啥 Cangzhou 什麼 嗎 Baoding 什麼 Shijiazhuang 啥 Lijin 啥 啥稿兒 Weifang(Weicheng) 啥 什麼 Weifang(Fangzi) 什麼 Changle 啥 什麼 Shouguang 啥嘎 Rizhao 什麼 Wulian 什麼 Jinan 麼兒 麼 什麼 麼個 Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 什麼 Dandong 什麼 啥 Yantai 什麼 Yantai(Muping) 麼 麼個 Qingdao 什麼 Weifang(Hanting) 什麼 Changyi 什麼 Gaomi 什麼 Zhucheng 什麼 Anqiu 什麼 Linqu 什麼 Qingzhou 啥 什麼嘎 Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 啥 Lingbao 啥兒 Jining 什麼 Wanrong 色 Linfen 啥 Shangqiu 啥 Yuanyang 什麼 Zhengzhou 啥 Xinyang 啥 Baihe 啥 Xi'an 什麼 啥 Baoji 啥 咋麼 Tianshui 啥 Xining 啥 Xuzhou 什麼 啥 啥子 Fuyang 什麼 啥 Sokuluk(Gansu Dungan) 啥 Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 什麼 啥 Lanzhou 什麼 啥 Dunhuang 啥 Hami 什麼 啥 Ürümqi 啥 Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 啥子 Nanchong 啥 啥子 Dazhou 啥子 Hanyuan 啥 啥子 Xichang 啥子 Zigong 啥子 Chongqing 啥子 Wuhan 麼事 Yichang 什麼兒 Xiangyang 什麼 啥子 Tianmen 什麼 什麼的 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 Hanzhong 啥子 Dagudi(Maliba) 什麼 Reshuitang(Longling) 什麼 Mae Salong(Lancang) 哪樣 什麼 Mae Sai(Tengchong) 什麼 Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 什麼 Yangzhou 什麼 Lianyungang 什麼 Lianshui 什麼 Nantong 甚呢 Anqing 什麼 麼東西 Wuhu 什麼 Hefei 什麼 哄 哄個 Hong'an 什麼 麼事 麼東西 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, Xiangzhou) 乜嘢 Zhuhai(Shangheng, Doumen; 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 Guangzhou(Lütian, Conghua) 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) 乜個 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 Lüliang(Lishi) 甚 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 Fuzhou(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 Chiang Mai(Teochew) 乜個 Hat Yai(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 Puxian Min Putian 甚麼 Central Min Yong'an 啥貨 Sanming(Sanyuan) 啥貨 Sanming(Shaxian) 啥貨 Zhongshan Min Zhongshan(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(Xinzhuang, Minhang) 啥物 Shanghai(Nanhui, Pudong) 啥物事 Shanghai(Fengxian) 啥物 Shanghai(Jinshan) 做啥 Shanghai(Qingpu) 哈個 Shanghai(Chongming) 何 何物 何物事 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
嘛
Only used in 喇嘛 lǎma (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
嘛
( Hokkien , Taiwanese Hakka ) also 無 魚 蝦 嘛 好 ／ 无 鱼 虾 嘛 好 [Hokkien ] ― bô hî hêmā hó [Pe̍h-ōe-jī ] ― If there are no fish, prawns arealso good.( Hokkien , Taiwanese Hakka ) still ;nevertheless Dialectal synonyms of
也 (“also, too”)
[map] Variety Location Words Classical Chinese 亦 Formal(Written Standard Chinese ) 也 Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 也 Taiwan 也 Malaysia 也 Singapore 也 Jilu Mandarin Jinan 也 Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 也 Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 也 Wuhan 也 Guilin 也 Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 也 Hefei 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 閣 Chaozhou 也 Shantou 也 Jieyang 也 Singapore(Teochew) 呠 也 嘛 Pontianak(Teochew) 也 Wenchang 也 Zhongshan Min Zhongshan(Longdu, Shaxi) 都 Wu Shanghai 也 Suzhou 亦 Wenzhou 也 Xiang Changsha 也 Shuangfeng 也
嘛
Only used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 ǎn mānī bēimēi hōng 嘛
Only used in 嘛嘛吼 嘛
(Hyōgai kanji )
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This term needs a translation to English. Please help out andadd a translation , then remove the text{{rfdef }}. 嘛 :Hán Nôm ma
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