嘛
máma HSK6

final exclamatory particle

嘛 má frequency
what adverbverb
(Colloquial) Used as an interrogative word meaning "what", particularly in the common phrase 干嘛 gàn​má.
(bound form) [mantra]
(bound form) Used in Buddhist transliterations, notably as the second syllable of the six-character mantra 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 ǎn​má​ní​bā​mī​hōng.
嘛 ma
[obviousness] particle
Used at the end of a sentence to indicate that the truth of a statement is obvious or a matter of course
[persuasion] particle
Used at the end of a sentence to make a request, suggestion, or command sound more encouraging or to soften a tone of persuasion
[pause]
Used in the middle of a sentence to create a pause, often to highlight the preceding topic before continuing with a comment.
[question]
(Taiwan) Used at the end of a sentence to indicate a question

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Frequency
Character
Written text
1,628th most common 59.3 per million
Movie subtitles
420th most common 352.6 per million appears in 69% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
491.0 per million appears in 69% of films
Written text
129.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
14
Unicode
U+561B

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)