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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mà | ma4
English translation
to scold
to abuse
to curse
CL: tōng [tòng], dùn
> dùn [dùn]
variant of
>[mà]
to accuse, to blame, to curse, to scold

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿱⿰口口马

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

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yòng dào rén 身上 shēn shang , zhè shì zài ; 用到拥护 yōnghù de rén , 就是 jiù shì zài kuā . ”

Applied to an opponent, it is abuse, applied to someone you agree with, it is praise.'

他们 tā men huì shuì ,, 解雇 jiěgù , ràng diū jǐn 脸面 liǎn miàn de .

She would be scolded, abused, ignominiously discharged.

yāo zài Zhōng 行乐, zài xiào Zhōng 游戏 yóuxì , zài 嘲弄 cháo nòng Zhōng 大笑 dà xiào !

I'll be bitterly merry, and ironically gay , and I'll laught in derision!

于是 yúshì 对骂 duì mà 之下 zhī xià ,两边 liǎng bian yòu Shuǐ .

The two began splashing water at each other from opposite banks of the stream.

zài 西派出所 pài chū suǒ 办公室 bàngōngshì ,苏某指着陈某.

In the Xixi local police station office at Chen Mou to obloquy.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to scold
骂人 mà rén to swear or curse (at people)罵人
咒骂 zhòu mà to damn咒罵
辱骂 rǔ mà to insult辱罵
谩骂 màn mà to hurl abuse謾罵
责骂 zé mà to scold責罵
破口大骂 pò kǒu dà mà to abuse roundly破口大罵
打骂 dǎ mà to beat and scold打罵
挨骂 aí mà to receive a scolding挨罵
痛骂 tòng mà to bawl out痛罵
骂街 mà jiē to shout abuses in the street罵街
怒骂 nù mà to curse in rage怒罵
臭骂 chòu mà tongue-lashing臭罵
对骂 duì mà to hurl abuse對罵
骂骂咧咧 mà ma liē liē to swear while talking罵罵咧咧
打情骂俏 dǎ qíng mà qiào to banter flirtatiously打情罵俏
唾骂 tuò mà to revile唾罵
嬉笑怒骂 xī xiào nù mà to mock and scold嬉笑怒罵
骂娘 mà niáng to curse (at sb)罵娘
骂名 mà míng infamy罵名
漫骂 màn mà to hurl abuse漫罵
指桑骂槐 zhǐ sāng mà huái fig. to scold sb indirectly指桑罵槐
斥骂 chì mà to scold斥罵
泼妇骂街 pō fù mà jiē shouting abuse in the street like a fishwife潑婦罵街

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