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斑马

bān mǎ

2-character word Traditional 斑馬 Measure word 匹

What 斑马 means

1. zebra

The characters in 斑马

• 斑bānspot; colored patch; stripe
• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess

Example sentences

• 这匹斑马是你的吗？
  Zhè pǐ bānmǎ shì nǐ de ma?
  Is this zebra yours?
• 斑马的影子没有条纹。
  Zebra shadows don't have stripes.
• 红绿灯变红的时候，我刚好在斑马线上滑倒了。
  I slipped and fell on the crosswalk, just when the light turned red.
• 信号灯变红的时候，我刚好在斑马线上滑倒了。
  I slipped and fell on the crosswalk, just when the light turned red.

Words starting with 斑马

• 斑马线bān mǎ xiàncrosswalk; zebra crossing
• 斑马鱼bān mǎ yúzebrafish

Sounds the same

Read bān mǎ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 班玛see 班玛县

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