嘛嘛

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (嘛嘛)		嘛	嘛
simp. #(嘛嘛)		嘛	嘛

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay mamak.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): māmā

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚ ㄇㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa³ maa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: māmā
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ ㄇㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mama
    • Wade–Giles: ma¹-ma¹
    • Yale: mā-mā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhamha
    • Palladius: мама (mama)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä⁵⁵ mä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa³ maa³
    • Yale: ma ma
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa³ maa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma³ ma³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː³³ maː³³/

Noun

嘛嘛

1. (Malaysia) Tamil Muslim

Derived terms

• 嘛嘛檔／嘛嘛档 (māmādàng)