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嘛 and 吗 are both pronounced "ma" and can come at the end of a statement, but give completely different meanings. Perfect your use of 嘛 and sound like a native Mandarin speaker!

Oct 9, 2014 12:00 AM
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in spoken Chinese how to distinguish ma 吗 and 嘛? haha

October 13, 2014
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写的不错,不过,我这里有几个小建议,供你参考:

2.To expect or request

你举的例子都挺“娘“的,一般只有女人这样说话,有点发嗲的感觉。

男人一般只有开玩笑的时候才会这样说话的。

比如:“哎呀,不要这样对我嘛“ 。。。娘死了!写了我都鸡皮疙瘩了


3.嘛 as a topic maker

这里的翻译都不太好,我帮你调整一下:

a. 他嘛,一直都是那样的

Him? He's always been like that.

b. 干活嘛,哪有不累的?

Manual labour? Is there such a thing as non-tiring manual labour? 或

Manual labour? Is there such a thing as easy manual labour?

c. 我说嘛,怎么可能

如果说过:

What did I say? It's not possible 或

I told you so, it's not possible.

如果没说过:

In my opinion, it's not possible 或

If you ask me, it's not possible

July 7, 2017
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Actually 干嘛 is the wrong word. The right one is 干吗. Lots of Chinese people choose to write 干嘛 instead of 干嘛, though.

October 9, 2014
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一般情况下:问句用“吗”,不是问句用“嘛”
January 20, 2018
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感谢你!
May 19, 2016
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