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马

mǎ

HSK 3 Character Traditional 馬 Measure word 匹

What 马 means

1. horse
2. horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
3. knight in Western chess

Other readings

马 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Mǎsurname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia {马来西亚|Mǎ lái xī yà}

Example sentences

• 上马。
  Shàng mǎ.
  Get on the horse.
• 马上！
  Now!
• 塞翁失马
  Sàiwēngshīmǎ
  Every cloud has a silver lining.
• 这是马。
  This is a horse.
• 马吃草。
  Horses eat grass.
• 马屁精！
  Asskisser!

Words starting with 马

• 马上mǎ shàngat once; right away; immediately
• 马虎mǎ hucareless; sloppy; negligent
• 马路mǎ lùstreet; road
• 马车mǎ chēcart; chariot; carriage
• 马来西亚Mǎ lái xī yàMalaysia
• 马克mǎ kèmark (monetary unit)
• 马克思主义Mǎ kè sī zhǔ yìMarxism
• 马桶mǎ tǒngchamber pot; wooden pan used as toilet; toilet bowl
• 马德里Mǎ dé lǐMadrid, capital of Spain
• 马来Mǎ láiMalaya; Malaysia
• 马达mǎ dá(loanword) motor
• 马甲mǎ jiǎcorset; sockpuppet (Internet slang); vest (dialect)
• 马蹄mǎ tíhorse's hoof; horseshoe; Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta)
• 马力mǎ lìhorsepower
• 马列主义Mǎ Liè zhǔ yìMarxism-Leninism
• 马里Mǎ lǐMali
• 马英九Mǎ Yīng jiǔMa Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006…
• 马拉松mǎ lā sōng(loanword) marathon
• 马尾mǎ wěiponytail (hairstyle); horse's tail; slender fibers like horse's tail…
• 马不停蹄mǎ bù tíng tíunrelenting; without stopping to rest
• 马匹mǎ pǐhorse
• 马连良Mǎ Lián liángMa Lianliang (1901-1966), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大须生
• 马赛Mǎ sàiMarseille, city in south France; Basay, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
• 马屁mǎ pìhorse hindquarters; flattery; boot-licking

Words containing 马

• 罗马Luó mǎRome, capital of Italy; (historical) Ancient Rome
• 立马lì mǎat once; immediately; promptly
• 宝马bǎo mǎprecious horse
• 骑马qí mǎto ride a horse
• 人马rén mǎmen and horses; troops; group of people
• 小马xiǎo mǎcolt; pony
• 司马Sī mǎMinister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states); two-character surname Sima
• 托马斯Tuō mǎ sīThomas (male name)
• 皇马Huáng MǎReal Madrid soccer team; abbr. for 皇家马德里
• 木马mù mǎwooden horse; rocking horse; vaulting horse (gymnastics)
• 罗马尼亚Luó mǎ ní yàRomania
• 上马shàng mǎto get on a horse; to mount
• 大马Dà mǎMalaysia
• 黑马hēi mǎdark horse; fig. unexpected winner
• 司马迁Sī mǎ QiānSima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史记
• 赛马sài mǎhorse racing; racehorse
• 兵马俑bīng mǎ yǒngfigurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead; Terracotta Army (historic site)
• 车水马龙chē shuǐ mǎ lóngendless stream of horse and carriages (idiom); heavy traffic
• 古罗马gǔ Luó mǎancient Rome
• 骏马jùn mǎfine horse; steed
• 下马xià mǎto dismount from a horse; (fig.) to abandon (a project)
• 出马chū mǎto set out (on a campaign); to stand for election; to throw one's cap in the ring
• 舒马赫Shū mǎ hèMichael Schumacher (1969-), former German racing driver
• 罗马帝国Luó mǎ Dì guóRoman Empire

Characters that look like 马

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

• 与yǔ(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with…
• 历lìcalendar
• 乌wūcrow; black

Sounds the same

Read mǎ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 码(archaic) agate; (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale; number
• 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