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嘛
ma
1. modal particle indicating that sth is obvious
2. particle indicating a pause for emphasis
HSK 6 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 14 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

嘛
ma
final exclamatory particle
HSK 6 14 丶

Compound Words (8)

喇嘛
lǎma
lama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism
干嘛
gànmá
what are you doing?
要嘛
yàoma
either ...
喇嘛庙
lǎmamiào
lamasery
喇嘛教
Lǎmajiào
Lamaism
班禅喇嘛
BānchánLǎma
Panchen Lama
达赖喇嘛
DálàiLǎma
Dalai Lama
唵嘛呢叭咪吽
ǎnmaníbāmīhōng
Om Mani Padme Hum (Sanskrit), or Om Mani Peme Hung (Tibetan), the Avalokiteshvara mantra

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Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,627
Word Frequency Rank
253 of 84,292

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