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嘛
ma
1.
modal particle indicating that sth is obvious
2.
particle indicating a pause for emphasis
Character Breakdown (Single character)
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
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,627
- Word Frequency Rank
- 253 of 84,292