马 (馬) mǎ
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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; Kroll 2015 '馬' 1, p. 292; 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; Kroll 2015 '馬' 7, p. 292; Unihan '馬') -
mǎ
noun
historic tool for tallying numbers
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Made from a bamboo strip (Guoyu '馬' n 2; Kroll 2015 '馬' 6, p. 292; )
Contained in
- 驮马(馱馬) pack horse
- 马科(馬科) Equidae; horse family
- 兵荒马乱(兵荒馬亂) the turmoil and chaos of war
- 新马(新馬) Singapore and Malaysia
- 小马(小馬) colt; pony
- 罗马字母(羅馬字母) Roman letters; Roman alphabet
- 马厩(馬廄) stable
- 马天尼(馬天尼) Martini
- 马尔堡病毒(馬爾堡病毒) Marburg virus
- 开足马力(開足馬力) to accelerate at full power; at full speed; to work as hard as possible
- 三马同槽(三馬同槽) three horses at the same trough; conspirators under the same roof
- 马拉雅拉姆语(馬拉雅拉姆語) Malayalam
- 招兵买马(招兵買馬) recruit soldiers and buy horses ; to recruit staff for a business
- 马球(馬球) polo
- 马克笔(馬克筆) marker ; felt marker
- 跳马(跳馬) vault
- 塞翁失马焉知非福(塞翁失馬焉知非福) the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best; a blessing in disguise
- 马粪纸(馬糞紙) strawboard
- 马后炮(馬後炮) firing after the horse
- 罗马天主教(羅馬天主教) Roman Catholic
- 鞍马劳顿(鞍馬勞頓) travel-worn
- 以马内利(以馬內利) Emanuel
- 飞马座(飛馬座) Pegasus
- 指鹿为马(指鹿為馬) making a deer out to be a horse; deliberate misrepresentation
- 匹马单枪(匹馬單槍) one horse and a single spear
- 赛马场(賽馬場) race course; race ground; race track
- 海马(海馬) sea horse; hippocampus ; hippocampus
- 老马恋栈(老馬戀棧) the old horse loves his stable; sb old but reluctant to relinquish their post
- 骑马(騎馬) to ride a horse
- 人强马壮(人強馬壯) strong men and horses; a powerful military force
- 马兜铃科(馬兜鈴科) Aristolochiaceae (birthwort family of flowering plants, including ginger)
Also contained in
荷马 、 马尔维纳斯群岛 、 马拉威 、 马尔卡河 、 马拉加 、 骑马丞 、 马村区 、 马雅可夫斯基 、 彬马那 、 马公 、 司马炎 、 马尾军港 、 司马德宗 、 马纳马 、 马尾港 、 马关条约 、 马可波罗游记 、 伊隆·马斯克 、 马超 、 马文恭
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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: 374
- 《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: 123
- 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
- 卷一百〇一 志第四十九: 兵四 Volume 101 Treatises 54: Military 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 81
- 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
- 卷十四 Scroll 14 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 69
- 第九十九回 Chapter 99 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 67
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 马牛 (馬牛) 馬牛其風 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 費誓 Zhou Shu - Speech at Bi — 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
- 子马 (子馬) 閔子馬見之曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — 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