ma

final exclamatory particle

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

麻 sound component

  Sound component

  

hemp

Definitions

 

ma

final exclamatory particle; modal particle indicating that sth is obvious; particle indicating a pause for emphasis

Most common words with 嘛
Freq.
Word
Meaning

particle indicating a pause for emphasis

干嘛

whatever for?

喇嘛

lama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism

达赖喇嘛

Dalai Lama

喇嘛教

Lamaism