Word: 嗎 (ma) (question particle for "yes-no" questions)

一支筆有嗎？

Yìzhī bǐ yǒu ma?

A pen - got one?

上海有什麼不如北京的方面嗎？

Shànghǎi yǒu shénme bùrú Běijīng de fāngmiàn ma?

Are there any aspects of Shanghai that are not as good as those of Beijing?

下一個是我嗎？

Xià yí gè shì wǒ ma?

Am I next?

不要再忘做那個，好嗎？

Búyào zài wàng zuò nàge, hǎo ma?

Don't forget to do that again, OK?

人類會永遠生存下去嗎？

Rénlèi huì yǒngyuǎn shēngcún xiàqù ma?

Will the human race survive forever?

人能被嚇死嗎？

Rén néng bèi xià sǐ ma?

Can one die of fear?

今天很冷啊，不是嗎？

Jīntiān hěn lěng a, bú shì ma?

It's a cold day, isn't it?

他不在這兒你不覺得這很奇怪嗎？

Tā bú zài zhèr nǐ bù juéde zhè hěn qíguài ma?

Don't you think it's strange that he's not here?

他買一把刀行，我買就不行了嗎？

Tā mǎi yì bǎ dāo xíng, wǒ mǎi jiù bùxíngle ma?

If it's okay for him to buy a knife, then why on earth can't I?

他今天見他們了嗎？

Tā jīntiān jiàn tāmen le ma?

Has he met them today?

他今年畢業嗎？

Tā jīnnián bìyè ma?

Is he graduating this year?

他們不是公司員工嗎？

Tāmen bú shì gōngsī yuángōng ma?

Are they not company employees?

他們買了嗎？

Tāmen mǎile ma?

Did they buy it?

他們似乎很快樂不是嗎？

Tāmen sìhū hěn kuàilè bú shì ma?

They seem to be happy, don't they?

他們吃了一驚，不是嗎？

Tāmen chīle yì jīng, bú shì ma?

They were surprised, weren't they?

他們在討論我們嗎？

Tāmen zài tǎolùn wǒmen ma?

Are they talking about us?

他們學習英語嗎？

Tāmen xuéxí Yīngyǔ ma?

Do they learn English?

他們懂了嗎？

Tāmen dǒngle ma?

Did they understand?

他們早就認識了嗎？

Tāmen zǎojiù rènshile ma?

Did they already know each other?

他們是兒童嗎？

Tāmen shì értóng ma?

Are these children?

他們是兄弟嗎？

Tāmen shì xiōngdì ma?

Are they brothers?

他們是學生嗎？

Tāmen shì xuésheng ma?

Are they students?

他們是日本人嗎？

Tāmen shì Rìběn rén ma?

Are they Japanese?

他們是朋友嗎？

Tāmen shì péngyou ma?

Are they friends?

他們是認真的嗎？

Tāmen shì rènzhēn de ma?

Were they serious?

他們死了嗎？

Tāmen sǐle ma?

Are they dead?

他們沒來這裡，是嗎？

Tāmen méi lái zhèlǐ, shì ma?

They didn't come here, did they?

他們看到我們了嗎？

Tāmen kàndào wǒmen le ma?

Did they see us?

他們真是朋友嗎？

Tāmen zhēnshi péngyou ma?

Are they actually friends?

他們知道嗎？

Tāmen zhīdào ma?

Do they know?

他們結婚了嗎？

Tāmen jiéhūnle ma?

Are they married?

他們都享受那麼快的發展嗎？

Tāmen dōu xiǎngshòu nàme kuài de fāzhǎn ma?

Do they all enjoy such high speed development?

他們都像這一樣嗎？

Tāmen dōu xiàng zhè yíyàng ma?

Are they all like this?

他們都在西班牙嗎？

Tāmen dōu zài Xībānyá ma?

Are they all in Spain?

他們都是一樣的嗎？

Tāmen dōu shì yíyàng de ma?

Are they all the same?

他會告訴我真想嗎？

Tā huì gàosu wǒ zhēn xiǎng ma?

Will he tell me the truth?

他會來這裡嗎？

Tā huì lái zhèlǐ ma?

Does he come here?

他會講英語嗎？

Tā huì jiǎng Yīngyǔ ma?

Does he speak English?

他寫英文信嗎？

Tā xiě Yīngwén xìn ma?

Does he write English letters?

他告訴過你要做什麼嗎？

Tā gàosuguò nǐ yào zuò shénme ma?

Did he tell you what to do?

他喜歡我嗎？

Tā xǐhuan wǒ ma?

Does he like me?

他在這裡已經住了兩年了嗎？

Tā zài zhèlǐ yǐjīng zhùle liǎng nián le ma?

Has he lived here for two years?

他已經來了嗎？

Tā yǐjīng láile ma?

Has he come yet?

他已經走了嗎？

Tā yǐjīng zǒule ma?

Has he gone already?

他並沒有來，不是嗎？

Tā bìng méiyǒu lái, bú shì ma?

He hasn't come already, has he?

他承認他錯了嗎？

Tā chéngrèn tā cuòle ma?

Did he admit that he was wrong?

他把我忘了，難道不是嗎？

Tā bǎ wǒ wàngle, nándào bú shì ma?

He had forgotten me, didn't he?

他明天會來嗎？

Tā míngtiān huì lái ma?

Will he come tomorrow?

他明天能來嗎？

Tā míngtiān néng lái ma?

Will he be able to come tomorrow?

他是一個好老師嗎？

Tā shì yí gè hǎo lǎoshī ma?

Is he a good teacher?

他是一個朋友嗎？

Tā shì yí gè péngyou ma?

Is he a friend?

他是一名很好的老師，對嗎？

Tā shì yì míng hěn hǎo de lǎoshī, duì ma?

He's a very good teacher, isn't he?

他是上個學期來的嗎？

Tā shì shàng ge xuéqī lái de ma?

Did he get here last semester? ⇒ Was it last semester that he got here?

他是醫生嗎？

Tā shì yìshēng ma?

Is he a doctor?

他是希臘人嗎？

Tā shì Xīlà rén ma?

Is he Greek?

他是我朋友嗎？

Tā shì wǒ péngyou ma?

Is he my friend?

他是我的朋友嗎？

Tā shì wǒ de péngyou ma?

Is he my friend?

他是日本人嗎？

Tā shì Rìběn rén ma?

Is he Japanese?

他是泰國人嗎？

Tā shì Tàiguó rén ma?

Is he from Thailand?

他是經理嗎？

Tā shì jīnglǐ ma?

Is he the manager?

他是跟他爸爸去杭州的嗎？

Tā shì gēn tā bàba qù Hángzhōu de ma?

Did he go to Hangzhou with his dad?

他有希望成功嗎？

Tā yǒu xīwàng chénggōng ma?

Does he hope to succeed?

他有機會成功嗎？

Tā yǒu jīhuì chénggōng ma?

Does he have the opportunity to win?

他留長頭髮嗎？

Tā liú zhǎng tóufa ma?

Does he have long hair?

他的故事是真的嗎？

Tā de gùshi shì zhēnde ma?

Is his story true?

他考試通過了嗎？

Tā kǎoshì tōngguò le ma?

Did he succeed in the examination?

他能繼續嗎？

Tā néng jìxù ma?

Can he continue?

他自己畫這幅畫的嗎？

Tā zìjǐ huà zhè fú huà de ma?

Did he draw this picture by himself?

他說英語嗎？

Tā shuō Yīngyǔ ma?

Does he speak English?

他還有興趣嗎？

Tā háiyǒu xìngqù ma?

Is he still interested?

他通過考試了嗎？

Tā tōngguò kǎoshìle ma?

Did he pass the test?

他長得高嗎？

Tā zhǎng de gāo ma?

Is he tall?

你一個人嗎？

Nǐ yí gè rén ma?

Are you alone?

你不會害怕嗎？

Nǐ búhuì hàipà ma?

Aren't you frightened?

你不會幫我嗎？

Nǐ búhuì bāng wǒ ma?

Are you not going to help me?

你不會來，是嗎？

Nǐ búhuì lái, shì ma?

You are not coming, are you?

你不會說英語，是嗎？

Nǐ búhuì shuō Yīngyǔ, shì ma?

You can't speak English, can you?

你不準備去，是嗎？

Nǐ bù zhǔnbèi qù, shì ma?

You don't intend going there, do you?

你不同意嗎？

Nǐ bù tóngyì ma?

Don't you agree?

你不和我一起喝點茶嗎？

Nǐ bù hé wǒ yìqǐ hē diǎn chá ma?

Won't you have some tea with me?

你不喜歡愛情故事，是嗎？

Nǐ bù xǐhuan àiqíng gùshi, shì ma?

You don't like love stories, do you?

你不喜歡魚嗎？

Nǐ bù xǐhuan yú ma?

Don't you like fish?

你不希望我和你一起去嗎？

Nǐ bù xīwàng wǒ hé nǐ yìqǐ qù ma?

Don't you wish you were going with me?

你不想出去嗎？

Nǐ bùxiǎng chūqù ma?

Don't you want to go out?

你不想吃飯嗎？

Nǐ bùxiǎng chīfàn ma?

Wouldn't you like to eat?

你不想用我的嗎？

Nǐ bùxiǎng yòng wǒ de ma?

Don't you want to use mine?

你不想知道為什麼嗎？

Nǐ bùxiǎng zhīdào wèishénme ma?

Don't you want to know why?

你不想知道原因嗎？

Nǐ bùxiǎng zhīdào yuányīn ma?

Don't you want to know the reason?

你不知道嗎？

Nǐ bù zhīdào ma?

Don't you know?

你不知道怎麼做，不是嗎？

Nǐ bù zhīdào zěnme zuò, bú shì ma?

You don't know how to do that, do you?

你不知道昨天發生什麼事嗎？

Nǐ bù zhīdào zuótiān fāshēng shénme shì ma?

Don't you know what happened yesterday?

你不知道那件事嗎？

Nǐ bù zhīdào nà jiàn shì ma?

Don't you know that?

你不能做些事來幫助我嗎？

Nǐ bùnéng zuò xiē shì lái bāngzhù wǒ ma?

Can't you do something to help me?

你不能待久一點嗎？

Nǐ bùnéng dài jiǔ yìdiǎn ma?

Can't you stay a little longer?

你不能打一點折嗎？

Nǐ bùnéng dǎ yìdiǎn zhé ma?

Can't you discount it a little?

你不要跟我一起走嗎？

Nǐ búyào gēn wǒ yìqǐ zǒu ma?

Aren't you going to go with me?

你不記得他嗎？

Nǐ bú jìde tā ma?

Don't you remember him?

你不記得問題嗎？

Nǐ bú jìde wèntí ma?

Don't you remember the question?

你不跟我來嗎？

Nǐ bù gēn wǒ lái ma?

Won't you come with me?

你不這麼認為嗎？

Nǐ bú zhème rènwéi ma?

Don't you think so?