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Usage of the character 嗎

[嗎]
  • used in 嗎啡/吗啡 (mǎfěi)
ma
[嗎]
  • (question particle for "yes-no" questions)
[嗎]
  • (coll.) what?
gànmá
干吗
[幹嗎]
  • see 幹嘛/干嘛 (gànmá)
mǎnǎ
吗哪
[嗎哪]
  • manna (Israelite food)
mǎlín
吗啉
[嗎啉]
  • morpholine (chemistry) (loanword)
mǎfēi
吗啡
[嗎啡]
  • morphine (loanword)
bùxiāngma
不香吗
[不香嗎]
  • (slang) would be better (abbr. for 這錢買排骨它不香嗎/这钱买排骨它不香吗 (zhèqiánmǎipáigǔtābùxiāngma) for that money, a pork cutlet would be more appetizing, would it not?)
bùshìma
不是吗
[不是嗎]
  • isn't that so?