嘛

The character "嘛" has 14 strokes. "嘛" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "嘛" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "嘛" are "ma" "má" . View the stroke order of "嘛">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "嘛"

aux.: indicating that something is obvious

Form words with "嘛"

Example phrases using "嘛"

• 这也不能怪他，他还是个孩子嘛。

  He’s not to blame. After all, he is still a child.

• 不就是个班长嘛，有什么了不起。

  You are just a monitor. That’s no excuse to be so stuck-up.

• 领导也是人嘛，怎么能不犯错误？

  Leaders are human too: they make mistakes.

• 他很害怕，这也难怪，毕竟还小嘛。

  It’s understandable that he was frightened; after all, he is only a child.

• 这事我确实一点儿也不知道嘛。

  Actually, I knew nothing about it at all.

• 第一次嘛，你少不了要紧张。

  You’re bound to be nervous the first time.

• 既然没邀请你，就别去嘛。

  Since you are not invited, don’t go then.

• 本来嘛，这事就不归你管。

  As a matter of fact, it is not your duty to take care of this. / It isn’t under your jurisdiction in the first place.

• 她就迟到了3分钟嘛，没必要小题大做。

  She was only three minutes late! There is no need to make a mountain out of a molehill.

• 你嘛，就不必亲自去了。

  As for you, I don’t think you have to be there in person.