Chinese Notes

马 (馬) mǎ

mǎ noun horse
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature , Concept: Animal 动物
Notes: For example, in literary Chinese, 老馬識途 'an old horse knows the road', from Han Feizi's Shuo Lin Shang (DCP 'L50'; Guoyu '馬' n 1; Unihan '馬')
mǎ noun Kangxi radical 187
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: Horse (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '馬' n 4)
mǎ proper noun Ma
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '馬' n 3; Unihan '馬')
mǎ noun historic tool for tallying numbers
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '馬' n 2)

Contained in

德国马克(德國馬克) German mark
对马海峡(對馬海峽) Tsushima Strait, between Japan and South Korea
打马虎眼(打馬虎眼) to play dumb / to slack off
秣马厉兵(秣馬厲兵) feed the horses and sharpen the weapons / get ready for battle
指鹿为马(指鹿為馬) making a deer out to be a horse / deliberate misrepresentation
青梅竹马(青梅竹馬) green plums and hobby-horse / innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts
西格马(西格馬) sigma (Greek letter Σσ)
褐马鸡(褐馬雞) brown eared pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum)
野马(野馬) feral horse / free-roaming horse / wild horse
驸马(駙馬) emperor's son-in-law
马哈拉施特拉邦(馬哈拉施特拉邦) Maharashtra (state in India)
马鞭(馬鞭) horsewhip
藏马鸡(藏馬雞) Tibetan eared pheasant (Crossoptilon harmani)
马蹄蟹(馬蹄蟹) horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus)
杀马特(殺馬特) Chinese subculture of young urban migrants, usually of low education, with exaggerated hairstyles, heavy make-up, flamboyant costumes, piercings etc (loanword from smart)
千里马(千里馬) a ten thousand li horse / fine steed
马利筋(馬利筋) tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica)
马尔可夫过程(馬爾可夫過程) Markov process
马拉维克瓦查(馬拉維剋瓦查) Malawian kwacha
戎马生涯(戎馬生涯) army life / the experience of war
马力(馬力) horsepower
马帮(馬幫) caravan of horses carrying goods
小马(小馬) colt / pony
迷离马虎(迷離馬虎) muddle-headed
马尔堡病毒(馬爾堡病毒) Marburg virus
马斯垂克(馬斯垂剋) Maastricht (Netherlands)
斗鸡走马(鬥雞走馬) cock-fighting and horse-racing / to gamble
白马王子(白馬王子) Prince Charming / knight in shining armor
天马(天馬) Pegasus

Also contained in

马融、司马昭、马利亚纳群岛、马凯、马可·奥勒留、塔克拉马干、埃隆·马斯克、喜马偕尔邦、马尼托巴、马祖语录、司马曜、马边彝族自治县、马格里布、茶马古道、马祖列岛、瓜地马拉、落马洲、马斯洛、下马陵、马祖、司马相如、马尔他

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卷一百九十八志第一百五十一兵十二 Volume 198 Treatises 151: Military 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 375
《卷十一‧馬部》 Scroll 11, Mǎ Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 216
卷九十二志第六十八兵四 Volume 92 Treatises 68: Military 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 124
卷三百三十二列傳第二百二十西域四 Volume 332 Biographies 220: Western Regions 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 108
卷八十志第五十六食貨四 Volume 80 Treatises 56: Finance and Economics 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 81
卷一百〇一　志第四十九:　兵四 Volume 101 Treatises 54: Military 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 81
第十五回 Chapter 15 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 74
卷十四 Scroll 14 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 69
第九十九回 Chapter 99 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 68
卷二百〇五　　列傳第九十二: 姦臣 Volume 205 Biographies 92: Treacherous Ministers History of Yuan 元史 — count: 64

Collocations

马曰 (馬曰) 大子與郭榮扣馬曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
马维 (馬維) 我馬維駒 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧皇皇者華 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Huang Huang Zhe Hua — count: 4
牡马 (牡馬) 駉駉牡馬 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 魯頌‧駉之什‧駉 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Jiong - Jiong — count: 4
思马 (思馬) 思馬斯臧 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 魯頌‧駉之什‧駉 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Jiong - Jiong — count: 4
马陵 (馬陵) 同盟于馬陵 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4
马师 (馬師) 因馬師頡介于襄庫 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
饮马 (飲馬) 將飲馬於河而歸 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3
马牛 (馬牛) 馬牛其風 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書費誓 Zhou Shu - Speech at Bi — count: 3
秣马 (秣馬) 秣馬矣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
趣马 (趣馬) 蹶維趣馬 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧十月之交 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Shi Yue Zhi Jiao — count: 3