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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Mǎ | Ma3
English translation
surname Ma
abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞
>马来西亚 Mǎ lái xī yà [Mǎ lái xī yà]
horse
CL:[pǐ]
horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
knight in Western chess
horse; surname

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Number of strokes

3

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Simplified form of , a horse galloping to the left

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

⿹?

Explanation

Simplified form of . Pictograph of a horse.

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ràng 我们 wǒmen 收拾 shōushi hǎo 行李 xíng li ,准备 zhǔnbèi 马上 mǎshàng 出发 chūfā .

Let's pack up and get ready to start at once.

yāo liàn hǎo ,缰绳 jiāng shéng xuē 不可 bù kě shǎo .

It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse.

马上 mǎshàng jiù Néng 汉堡包 hàn bǎo bāo hǎo .

I can hot the hamburger up in a minute.

chèn 天气 tiānqì hǎo ,咱们 zámen 骑马 qí mǎ dào 山上 Shān shàng .

Let's ride out to the mountains while the weather is good.

fàng ! 马上 mǎshàng de shǒu 挪开 nuó kāi .

How dare you? Take your hand off me at once.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
马上 mǎshàng at once馬上
horse
神马 shén mǎ mythical horse神馬
罗马 Luó mǎ Rome, capital of Italy羅馬
马路 mǎ lù street馬路
马克 Mǎ kè Mark (name)馬克
马克思主义 Mǎ kè sī zhǔ yì Marxism馬克思主義
宝马 Bǎo mǎ BMW (car company)寶馬
马来西亚 Mǎ lái xī yà Malaysia馬來西亞
马车 mǎ chē cart馬車
马丁 Mǎ dīng Martin (name)馬丁
立马 lì mǎ at once立馬
马桶 mǎ tǒng chamber pot馬桶
马克思 Mǎ kè sī Marx (name)馬克思
人马 rén mǎ troops人馬
骑马 qí mǎ to ride a horse騎馬
马戏团 mǎ xì tuán circus馬戲團
哈马斯 Hā mǎ sī Hamas (radical Palestinian group)哈馬斯
马德里 Mǎ dé lǐ Madrid, capital of Spain馬德裡
罗马尼亚 Luó mǎ ní yà Romania羅馬尼亞
马英九 Mǎ Yīng jiǔ Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, president of Republic of China 2008-2016馬英九
赛马 sài mǎ horse race賽馬
马拉松 mǎ lā sōng marathon (loanword)馬拉松
马刺 mǎ cì spur (on riding boots)馬刺
托马斯 Tuō mǎ sī Thomas (male name)托馬斯

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