吗 (mǎ) means ([question indicator]). Below are 24 of the 115 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
空调关了 吗 ？
Kōngtiáo guān le ma?
Has the air conditioning been turned off?
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 关
From the graded readers
她说：“喂，你好 吗 ？”
tā shuō:" wèi, nǐhǎo mǎ?"
She said, "Hello, how are you?"
Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call
她问我：“你吃饭了 吗 ？”
tā wèn wǒ:" nǐ chīfàn le / liǎo / liào mǎ?"
She asked, "Have you eaten?"
Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call
明天天气会好 吗 ？我不知道。
míngtiān tiānqì huì hǎo / hào mǎ? wǒ bùzhī dào.
Will the weather be good tomorrow? I don't know.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today
我问他：“我可以去上班 吗 ？”
wǒ wèn tā:" wǒ kěyǐ qù shàngbān mǎ?"
I asked him, "Can I go to work?"
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor
我问她：“你们现在还联系 吗 ？”
wǒ wèn tā:" nǐmen xiànzài hái / huán liánxì mǎ?"
I asked her, "Are you still in touch?"
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
妈妈说：“便宜一点儿，可以 吗 ？”
māma shuō:" piányi yīdiǎn ér, kěyǐ mǎ?"
Mum said, "A bit cheaper, could you?"
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
From the travel phrasebook
还有票 吗 ？
Hái yǒu piào ma?
Are there any tickets left?
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
From the grammar library
你听见了 吗 ？
Nǐ tīngjiàn le ma?
Did you hear that?
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Result complements — 完, 好, 到, 见
你喜欢中国菜 吗 ？
Nǐ xǐhuan Zhōngguó cài ma?
Do you like Chinese food?
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 吗 and 呢 questions
这儿附近有银行 吗 ？
Zhèr fùjìn yǒu yínháng ma?
Is there a bank near here?
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 有 — have and there is
便宜一点儿，可以 吗 ？
Piányi yìdiǎnr, kěyǐ ma?
A bit cheaper, could you?
Grammar library · HSK 3 · 一点儿 vs 有点儿
吗 appears in 115 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 吗
How is 吗 used in a sentence?
This page shows 115 sentences using 吗 (mǎ, "([question indicator])"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 吗 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 吗 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 吗 an HSK word?
Yes — 吗 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 吗?
The dictionary page for 吗 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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