1234567891011121314Keywordfinal exclamatory particleFrequency#821Strokes14Readingsma50%má50%Mnemonic口 (mouth) gives the meaning and 麻 the sound.Stroke orderComposed of口mouth麻hempUsed in vocabulary嘛mamodal particle indicating that sth is obvious; particle indicating a pause for emphasisParticle干嘛gànmáwhat are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth?嘛má(Tw) (coll.) what?喇嘛lǎmalama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism达赖喇嘛DálàiLǎmaDalai Lama喇嘛教LǎmajiàoLamaism; Tibetan Buddhism喇嘛庙lǎmamiàolamasery; temple of Tibetan Buddhism