- 干吗 gànmá whywhy; what for; for what reason. A colloquial way of asking about the purpose or reason for an action.
- 吗啡 mǎfēi morphinemorphine (loanword)
- 吗啉 mǎlín morpholinemorpholine (chemistry) (loanword)
- 吗喽 malou monkey(slang) monkey; often used humorously or self-deprecatingly by overworked laborers
- 不是吗 bùshìma isn't itisn't that so?
- 约吗 yuēma up for it?(slang) Are you interested? (originally an invitation for casual sex, later generalized as a playful or humorous invitation for any activity)
- 不香吗 bùxiāngma would be better(slang) Isn't it better?; would be better (originally implying money would be better spent on food like pork ribs)
- 吗哪 mǎnǎ mannamanna (Israelite food)
Sources
- Frequency data
- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH