对吗
duì ma
Tag questions with "ma"
A short tag on the end asks for confirmation — "right?", "okay?".
Statement, + 是吗 / 对吗 / 好吗 ?
How it works
这样做,对吗? — doing it this way, right? The tag is separated by a slight pause.
好吗 softens a proposal into a request for consent: 我们明天去,好吗?
是吗 on its own is also a reaction meaning "oh really?".
Examples
zhè yàng zuò, duì ma?
这样做,对吗?
Do it like this, right?
wǒ men míng tiān qù, hǎo ma?
我们明天去,好吗?
We'll go tomorrow, okay?
nǐ shì xīn lái de, shì ma?
你是新来的,是吗?
You're new here, aren't you?