ma HSK1

final interrogative particle

(嗎) ma frequency
question particle modal particle
question particle for "yes-no" questions

Are you a student?

(嗎)
morphine (phonetic) noun
used in the transcription of morphine (吗啡 mǎ​fēi)

There is a prominent label on the medicine bottle indicating that it contains special ingredients like morphine.

(嗎)
what verb
(coll.) what?

gàn ne?

What are you doing?

Frequency

Character
Written text
453rd most common 473.6 per million
Movie subtitles
26th most common 5408.5 per million appears in 98% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
7428.1 per million appears in 98% of films
Written text
582.9 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Simplified
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+55CE

Sources