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吗maquestion particle

Theme
Grammar
Level
First words
Strokes
6
Syllable
ma

How 吗 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

吗 — 6 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a practice sheet with 吗

Examples

你是中国人吗？

Nǐ shì Zhōngguó rén ma?

Are you Chinese?

  • 你nǐyou
  • 是shìto be
  • 中国ZhōngguóChina
  • 人rénperson
  • 吗maquestion particle

你有书吗？

Nǐ yǒu shū ma?

Do you have a book?

  • 你nǐyou
  • 有yǒuto have
  • 书shūbook
  • 吗maquestion particle

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

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  • 马
  • 码