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骂

mà

HSK 5 Character Traditional 罵 Measure word 通、顿

What 骂 means

1. to scold
2. to abuse
3. to curse

Other readings

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

• màvariant of {骂|mà}

Example sentences

• 请别骂了。
  Stop swearing, please.
• 他挨了骂。
  He was scolded.
• 妈妈骂马吗？
  Is Mother scolding the horse?
• 请别再骂人了。
  Qǐng bié zài màrén le.
  Stop swearing, please.
• 我不是在骂你。
  I was not scolding you.
• 别再骂汤姆了。
  Stop scolding Tom.

Words starting with 骂

• 骂人mà rénto swear or curse (at people); to scold or yell at someone
• 骂骂咧咧mà ma liē liēto swear while talking; to be foul-mouthed
• 骂声mà shēngscolding; tongue-lashing; (fig.) angry criticism
• 骂街mà jiēto shout abuses in the street
• 骂娘mà niángto curse (at sb); to call sb names
• 骂名mà mínginfamy; blackened name
• 骂架mà jiàto have a shouting match; to exchange verbal abuse; to quarrel noisily
• 骂不绝口mà bù jué kǒuto scold without end (idiom); incessant abuse
• 骂到臭头mà dào chòu tóuto chew sb out (Tw)

Words containing 骂

• 大骂dà màto rain curses (on sb); to let sb have it; to bawl sb out
• 咒骂zhòu màto damn; to curse; to revile
• 辱骂rǔ màto insult; to revile; abuse
• 打骂dǎ màto beat and scold
• 破口大骂pò kǒu dà mà(idiom) to let out a torrent of abuse
• 谩骂màn màto hurl abuse; to deride; to call sb names
• 责骂zé màto scold
• 挨骂ái màto receive a scolding
• 痛骂tòng màto bawl out; to reprimand severely
• 臭骂chòu màtongue-lashing; to chew out
• 笑骂xiào màto deride; to mock; (jocular) to heckle good-naturedly; to razz
• 怒骂nù màto verbally abuse
• 暗骂àn màto curse under one's breath; to grumble inaudibly
• 打情骂俏dǎ qíng mà qiàoto banter flirtatiously (idiom)
• 对骂duì màto trade insults
• 国骂guó màcurse word; four-letter word; esp. the "national swear word" of China, namely 他妈的
• 耻骂chǐ màto abuse; to mock
• 恶骂è màto curse fiercely
• 斥骂chì màto scold
• 滥骂làn màto hurl abuse
• 相骂xiāng màto hurl insults at each other
• 开骂kāi màto launch into an angry tirade; to start berating sb
• 指鸡骂狗zhǐ jī mà gǒulit. to point at the chicken while scolding the dog (idiom)…
• 侮骂wǔ màto scold; to abuse

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
• 码mǎ(archaic) agate; (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale; number
• 玛mǎused in 玛瑙
• 蚂māused in 蚂螂
• 犸mǎused in 猛犸; Taiwan pr. mà
• 杩màheadboard

Characters that look like 骂

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

• 驾jiàto harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive
• 冤yuāninjustice; grievance; wrong
• 笃dǔ(bound form) sincere; genuine; (bound form) (of an illness) serious
• 鸳yuānmandarin duck
• 莴wōused in 莴苣; used in 莴笋
• 罡gāngstars of the Big Dipper that constitute the tail of the dipper

Sounds the same

Read mà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 杩headboard
• 蚂used in 蚂蚱
• 祃(arch.) religious ritual on setting out for war
• 㐷variant of 骂