吃飯了嗎

Chinese

		to eat cooked rice; to eat	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)	(question tag); morphine
trad. (吃飯了嗎)		吃飯	了	嗎
simp. (吃饭了吗)		吃饭	了	吗
Literally: “have you eaten?”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīfàn le ma

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄈㄢˋ ˙ㄌㄜ ˙ㄇㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīfàn le ma
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄈㄢˋ ˙ㄌㄜ ˙ㄇㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihfàn le̊ må
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-fan⁴ lê⁵ ma⁵
    • Yale: chr̄-fàn le ma
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyfann .le .ma
    • Palladius: чифань лэ ма (čifanʹ lɛ ma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ fän⁵¹ lə¹ mä¹/

Phrase

吃飯了嗎

1. how is/are ...?

   你吃飯了嗎？／你吃饭了吗？  ―  Nǐ chīfànlema?  ―  How are you?