嘛 On the HSK 6 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C2. má ㄇㄚˊ (coll.) what? Tw ma ˙ㄇㄚ modal particle indicating that sth is obvious particle indicating a pause for emphasis Where 嘛 is used Example sentences and grammar articles using 嘛 Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0 国际中文教育中文水平等级标准, 中华人民共和国教育部, MIT