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嘛 (maa3 maa5) — indicating that sth is obvious, sounding like 'of course' but usually with an impatient tone in Cantonese

maa˗₃嘛
Mandarin Pinyin: ma5

Meaning of 嘛

nounindicating that sth is obvious, sounding like 'of course' but usually with an impatient tone
nounused as an interrogative in a yes-or-no question, sounding like 'do you?', 'are you?', 'would you?', etc | [國] 嗎
noun(adjective) So so (only in reduplication, "嘛嘛")

Example Sentences with 嘛

你別這麼出爾反爾嘛﹗剛纔說要去﹐現在說不要了 — 你到底去不去啊﹖
Stop changing your mind! A while ago, you said you wanted to go, but now you say you don't want to--are you really going or aren't you?
乜你咁鮓架, 行快啲得嘛?
How come you're so puny! Can't you walk slightly faster?
ngoˏ₅我zeoi˗₃最ganˍ₆近gaai˗₃戒zoˊ²咗jin1,煙，kapˉ¹吸jinˉ¹煙ngaiˎ₄危hoiˍ₆害ginˍ₆健hongˉ¹康aaˉ¹吖maaˏ₅嘛!
I've recently quit smoking, 'cause smoking is hazardous to health, right !
neiˏ₅你ziˉ¹知maa3,嘛﹐lamˊ²林zaiˊ²仔haiˍ₆係dakˍ₆特dangˉ¹登laiˎ₄嚟taiˊ²睇neiˏ₅你gaa˗₃㗎。
Young Lam has come especially to see you, you know.
meiˍ₆未tauˎ₄投piu˗₃票maa˗₃嘛
Haven't voted yet, right?
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Words Containing 嘛

幹嘛gon3 maa3
why on earth?; whatever for? | Cant: 做乜嘢; 做乜嘢鬼
唔係吖嘛m4 hai6 aa6 maa3
唔係呀嗎
之嘛zi1 maa3
(modal particle) (indicator of limit at the end of a sentence when making a point) only; that's all; nothing much. | e.g. 佢當然唔識揸車；佢係十四之嘛。Of course he doesn't know how to drive a car; he's only fourteen. | Mand.: 罷了
黑咪嘛haak1 mi1 maa1
very black; pitch black
吖嘛aa1 maa5
isn't it; okay; right - a final particle often used to explain something (mostly) readily understood or (occasionally) not already known
幾好吖嘛gei2 hou2 aa1 maa3
doing well?
㗎嘛gaa3 maa3
final particle for making an assertion [colloquial]
黑嘛嘛hak1 maa1 maa1
variant of 黑麻麻
喇嘛laa1 maa4
lama, Tibetan Buddhism monk
你唔係呀嘛nei5 m4 hai6 aa3 maa3
seriously?; no way, you got to be kidding!; no way, are you serious? [colloquial]

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