Modal particle
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- Also known as: 语气助词 (yǔqì zhùcí), 语气词 (yǔqì cí), Sentence-final particle and Sentential particle.
Used at the end of sentences to indicate mood, or attitude. Often the characters used to write these particles have a 口 (mouth) radical. See also particles.
Examples
- 吗
- 呢
- 吧
- 了
- 啊
- 的
- 嘛
- 哪
- 啦
- 呀
- 哇
- 罢了
Sources and further reading
- 外国人实用汉语语法(中英文对照) (pp. 131 - 150)
- 简明汉语语法学习手册 (Chinese Grammar Without Tears) (pp. 232 - 239)
- 汉语常用格式330例
