Chinese Notes

马 (馬) mǎ

mǎ noun horse
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature 大自然 , 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 部首
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 名字 , 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

秣马利兵(秣馬利兵) feed the horses and sharpen the weapons
六马仰秣(六馬仰秣) six horses with heads raised eating fodder
秣马厉兵(秣馬厲兵) feed the horses and sharpen the weapons / get ready for battle
厉兵粟马(厲兵粟馬) sharpen the weapons and feed the horses / get ready for battle
励兵秣马(勵兵秣馬) sharpen the weapons and feed the horses / get ready for battle
砺兵秣马(礪兵秣馬) sharpen the weapons and feed the horses / get ready for battle
砺戈秣马(礪戈秣馬) sharpen the spears and feed the horses / get ready for battle
索马里(索馬裡) Somalia
危地马拉(危地馬拉) Guatemala
巴拿马(巴拿馬) Panama
马来西亚令吉(馬來西亞令吉) ringgit
巴哈马元(巴哈馬元) Bahamanian dollar
巴拿马巴波亚(巴拿馬巴波亞) Panamanian balboa
马达加斯加法郎(馬達加斯加法郎) Malagasy franc
马尔代夫卢比(馬爾代夫盧比) Maldivian rufiyaa
马耳他镑(馬耳他鎊) Maltese lira
马拉维克瓦查(馬拉維剋瓦查) Malawian kwacha
索马里先令(索馬裡先令) Somali shilling
马六甲海峡(馬六甲海峽) Strait of Malacca (Melaka)
马克思(馬克思) Marx
马丁路德金(馬丁路德金) Martin Luther King
马上(馬上) immediately
走马观花(走馬觀花) look at something very briefly / to have a cursory look and gain a shallow understanding
厉兵秣马(厲兵秣馬) to sharpen the weapons and feed the horses / to get ready for battle
马术(馬術) equestrianism / horsemanship
马拉松(馬拉松) marathon
跳马(跳馬) vault
鞍马(鞍馬) pommel horse
人马(人馬) men and horses / centaur
马虎(馬虎) careless / sloppy / negligent
马克(馬克) Mark
马路(馬路) street / road
马克思主义(馬克思主義) Marxism
马车(馬車) a horse-drawn carriage / a chariot
马达(馬達) a motor
马力(馬力) horsepower
马铃薯(馬鈴薯) potato
马戏(馬戲) the circus
千军万马(千軍萬馬) a mighty force
兵荒马乱(兵荒馬亂) the turmoil and chaos of war

Also contained in

马凯、马萨诸塞州、马州、马拉巴尔、兵马俑、马五爷、奥巴马、马鞍山市、罗马、司马迁、司马谈

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Truncated for common words

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: 378
《卷十一‧馬部》 Scroll 11, Mǎ Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 《說文解字》 — count: 218
卷九十二志第六十八兵四 Volume 92 Treatises 68: Military 4 History of Ming 《明史》 — count: 127
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: 109
第六十五回 Chapter 65 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 《三國演義》 — count: 96
第五十八回 Chapter 58 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 《三國演義》 — count: 83
卷一百〇一　志第四十九:　兵四 Volume 101 Treatises 54: Military 4 History of Yuan 《元史》 — count: 82
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
第十五回 Chapter 15 The Scholars 《儒林外史》 — count: 74
第五十九回 Chapter 59 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 《三國演義》 — count: 72

Collocations

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
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
马牛 (馬牛) 馬牛其風 — Book of Documents 《尚書》, 周書費誓 Zhou Shu - Speech at Bi — 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
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
归马 (歸馬) 歸馬于華山之陽 — Book of Documents 《尚書》, 周書武成 Zhou Shu - Successful Completion of the War — 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
马正 (馬正) 季氏以公鉏為馬正 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
马首 (馬首) 唯余馬首是瞻 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3