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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mǎ | ma3
English translation
weight
number
code
to pile
to stack
classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc
number, numeral, symbol; yard

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Shí

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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stone

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

石马

Semantic compound

Shí

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Shí represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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shì zǒu dào jiē 对面 duìmiàn 然后 ránhòu wǎng Dōng 或者 huòzhě 往西 zhuǎn ?

Is it across the street then turn east or west?

起码 qǐmǎ gāi 顾点大体 dàtǐ , zài 吃饭 chī fàn de 时候 shíhou gěi 打电话 dǎdiànhuà ma .

'she might have the decency not to telephone him at dinner time.

我们 wǒmen 用步 liáng le zhè 段距离,发现 fāxiàn yǒu 60.

We paced off the distance and found it to be 60 yards.

公司 gōngsī 产品 chǎnpǐn 主要 zhǔyào 包括 bāokuò : juǎn shéng 花边 huā biān Piān 花边 huā biān 条码 tiáo mǎ xiù zuò wǎng 布、 zhuāng děng .

Our products include: chiffon flower - line, chiffon flower - yard, embroidered - dress, evening - dress, cloth etc.

zhè tāng 旅行 lǚxíng 起码 qǐmǎ 10 tiān .

The trip will take ten days, at least.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
号码 hàomǎ number號碼
weight
密码 mìmǎ secret code密碼
起码 qǐmǎ at the minimum起碼
数码 shùmǎ number數碼
码头 mǎtóu dock碼頭
代码 dài mǎ code代碼
筹码 chóu mǎ bargaining chip籌碼
编码 biān mǎ to code編碼
解码 jiě mǎ to decode解碼
尺码 chǐ mǎ size尺碼
两码事 liǎng mǎ shì two quite different things兩碼事
邮政编码 yóu zhèng biān mǎ postal code郵政編碼
价码 jià mǎ price tag價碼
砝码 fǎ mǎ standard weight (used on a balance scale)砝碼
条形码 tiáo xíng mǎ barcode條形碼
条码 tiáo mǎ barcode條碼
加码 jiā mǎ to ratchet up加碼
解码器 jiě mǎ qì decoder解碼器
戏码 xì mǎ item (on a program)戲碼
页码 yè mǎ page number頁碼
码子 mǎ zi code sign碼子
编码器 biān mǎ qì encoder編碼器
识别码 shí bié mǎ identifier識別碼

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Decomposition

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