"嘛嘛" meaning in Chinese

See 嘛嘛 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mä⁵⁵ mä⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /maː³³ maː³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /mä⁵⁵ mä⁵⁵/, /maː³³ maː³³/ Chinese transliterations: māmā [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄇㄚ ㄇㄚ [Mandarin, bopomofo], maa³ maa³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], māmā [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], mama [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ma¹-ma¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], mā-mā [Mandarin, Yale], mhamha [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], мама [Mandarin, Palladius], mama [Mandarin, Palladius], ma ma [Cantonese, Yale], maa³ maa³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ma³ ma³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Malay mamak. Etymology templates: {{bor|zh|ms|mamak}} Malay mamak Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 嘛嘛
  1. (Malaysia) Tamil Muslim Tags: Malaysia Derived forms: 嘛嘛檔 (māmādàng), 嘛嘛档 (māmādàng)
    Sense id: en-嘛嘛-zh-noun-OG~O~Vaw Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Malaysian Chinese

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      },
      "expansion": "Malay mamak",
      "name": "bor"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Malay mamak.",
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "māmādàng",
          "word": "嘛嘛檔"
        },
        {
          "roman": "māmādàng",
          "word": "嘛嘛档"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tamil Muslim"
      ],
      "id": "en-嘛嘛-zh-noun-OG~O~Vaw",
      "links": [
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          "Tamil",
          "Tamil"
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        [
          "Muslim",
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "māmā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄚ ㄇㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maa³ maa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "māmā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mama"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma¹-ma¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mā-mā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mhamha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "мама"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mama"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mä⁵⁵ mä⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma ma"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maa³ maa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma³ ma³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maː³³ maː³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mä⁵⁵ mä⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maː³³ maː³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "嘛嘛"
}
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  "derived": [
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      "roman": "māmādàng",
      "word": "嘛嘛檔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "māmādàng",
      "word": "嘛嘛档"
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Malay mamak.",
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "嘛嘛",
      "name": "head"
    }
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        "Chinese terms derived from Malay",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Mandarin nouns"
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        "Tamil Muslim"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "māmā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄚ ㄇㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maa³ maa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "māmā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mama"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma¹-ma¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mā-mā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mhamha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "мама"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mama"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mä⁵⁵ mä⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma ma"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maa³ maa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma³ ma³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maː³³ maː³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mä⁵⁵ mä⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maː³³ maː³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "嘛嘛"
}
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