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码

mǎ

HSK 4 Character Traditional 碼

What 码 means

1. archaicagate
2. bound formstandard weight used with a balance scale
3. number
4. computingcode
5. (clothing) size
6. yard (unit of length)
7. colloquialkilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references)
8. colloquialto pile up; to stack
9. classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in {不是一码事|bù shì yī mǎ shì} "not the same thing")
10. (Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)

Example sentences

• 他忘记了密码
  He doesn't remember the password.
• 汤姆输入密码。
  Tāngmǔ shūrù mìmǎ.
  Tom typed in the password.
• 源代码有没有？
  Yuándàimǎ yǒuméiyǒu?
  Do you have the source code?
• 你知道密码吗？
  Do you know the password?
• 把那个号码给我。
  Bǎ nàge hàomǎ gěi wǒ.
  Give me the number.
• 说和做是两码事。
  Shuō hé zuò shì liǎngmǎshì.
  Saying is quite different from doing.

Words starting with 码

• 码头mǎ touwharf; dock; quay; pier
• 码子mǎ zi(colloquial) numeral; counter; chip; token; (old) ready money; cash
• 码字mǎ zìto type (with a keyboard); (coding theory) codeword
• 码放mǎ fàngto pile up; to stack up
• 码率mǎ lǜbitrate
• 码线mǎ xiànyard line (sports)
• 码表mǎ biǎospeedometer; stopwatch; cyclocomputer
• 码农mǎ nóngmenial programmer (computing)
• 码长城mǎ Cháng chéng(colloquial) to play mahjong
• 码洋mǎ yáng(publishing industry) total cover price of all books in an edition
• 码分多址Mǎ Fēn Duō ZhǐCode Division Multiple Access (CDMA) (telecommunications)
• 码瑙mǎ nǎovariant of 玛瑙

Words containing 码

• 号码hào mǎnumber
• 密码mì mǎcipher; secret code; password; PIN
• 数码shù mǎnumber; numerals; figures
• 起码qǐ mǎat the minimum; at the very least
• 代码dài mǎcode
• 编码biān mǎto code; to encode; code
• 邮政编码yóu zhèng biān mǎpostal code; zip code
• 筹码chóu mǎbargaining chip; gaming chip; casino token
• 解码jiě mǎto decode; to decipher
• 尺码chǐ mǎsize; fitting (of apparel)
• 页码yè mǎpage number
• 砝码fǎ mǎstandard weight (used on a balance scale)
• 条码tiáo mǎbarcode
• 两码事liǎng mǎ shìtwo things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things
• 明码míng mǎnon-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc)…
• 价码jià mǎprice tag
• 内码nèi mǎinternal code
• 加码jiā mǎto ratchet up; to raise (expectations etc); to increase…
• 区码qū mǎarea code; telephone dialing code
• 大码dà mǎlarge size
• 字码zì mǎcharacter code
• 打码dǎ mǎto pixelate an image; to key in captcha authentication codes
• 断码duàn mǎ(fashion retailing) available only in a limited range of less popular sizes
• 有码yǒu mǎpixelated or censored (of video)

Characters built on 马

These share the phonetic component 马 (mǎ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 吗ma(question particle for "yes-no" questions)
• 妈māma; mom; mother
• 玛mǎused in 玛瑙
• 骂màto scold; to abuse; to curse
• 蚂māused in 蚂螂
• 犸mǎused in 猛犸; Taiwan pr. mà
• 杩màheadboard

Characters that look like 码

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 玛mǎused in 玛瑙
• 狐húfox
• 蚂māused in 蚂螂
• 鸥ōucommon gull
• 砑yàto calender
• 砚yànink-stone

Sounds the same

Read mǎ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 马horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
• 玛used in 玛瑙
• 蚂used in 蚂蟥; used in 蚂蚁
• 吗used in 吗啡
• 犸used in 猛犸; Taiwan pr. mà
• 㐷(Chinese chess) horse; knight (on the red side)
• 溤name of a river