嘛

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 你在干嘛？

  Nǐ zài gàn má

  What are you doing?

• 来嘛！给我个机会。

  Lái ma gěi wǒ gè jī huì

  Come on! Give me a chance.

• 在家干嘛呢？

  Zài jiā gàn má ne

  What are you doing home?

• 你们来这儿干嘛？

  Nǐ men lái zhè r gàn má

  What have you come here for?

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 嘛

• 嘛ma 5modal particle indicating that sth is obvious; particle indicating a pause for emphasis
• 嘛má 2used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what?