(hǎo le ma) - is it ready? are you done? in Mandarin

hǎolema

Traditional: 好了嗎

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Translation

is it ready? are you done?

Word origin

A spoken phrase combining 好 ready, the aspect particle 了 and the question particle 吗. Together they ask whether something is now finished.

Origin: compound
Root: 好 (hǎo, ready) + 了 (le, aspect) + 吗 (ma, question)

Stroke order

好

了

吗

Examples

？

Is the meal ready?

？

Are you ready?

业yè？

Have you finished your homework?

李lǐ？

Is the luggage packed?

？

Is everything ready?

好了吗 (hǎo le ma) means is it ready, are you done. It is a fixed spoken question about completion.

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This word is part of lesson 23.