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.
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.
- 妈
- 马
- 码