马 (馬) mǎ

1. 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')
2. 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)
3. 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')
4. 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

• 宝马香车(寶馬香車) precious horses and magnificent carriage; rich family with extravagant lifestyle
• 马尔科(馬爾科) Marco
• 天马行空(天馬行空) like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies; (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative
• 海马体(海馬體) hippocampus
• 拍马者(拍馬者) flatterer; toady
• 马斯垂克(馬斯垂剋) Maastricht (Netherlands)
• 马头星云(馬頭星雲) the Horse's Head nebula
• 马拉多纳(馬拉多納) Diego Maradona
• 罗马公教(羅馬公教) Roman Catholicism
• 马来半岛(馬來半島) Malay Peninsula ; Malay Peninsula
• 达尔马提亚(達爾馬提亞) Dalmatia, Croatian region on the eastern coast of Adriatic Sea
• 马后炮(馬後砲) firing after the horse; belated action; giving advice in hindsight
• 开足马力(開足馬力) to accelerate at full power; at full speed; to work as hard as possible
• 新马(新馬) Singapore and Malaysia
• 三马同槽(三馬同槽) three horses at the same trough; conspirators under the same roof
• 六马仰秣(六馬仰秣) six horses with heads raised eating fodder
• 做牛做马(做牛做馬) to work like an ox, to work like a horse; to work extremely hard
• 马缨花(馬纓花) Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin); tree rhododendron (Rhododendron delavayi)
• 马仔(馬仔) henchman; gang member
• 马克西穆斯(馬克西穆斯) Maximus the Confessor
• 俄克拉何马州(俄克拉何馬州) Oklahoma, US state
• 驯马场(馴馬場) horse training ground
• 司马穰苴(司馬穰苴) Sima Rangju
• 把马子(把馬子) to pick up a girl; to get a girl
• 田忌赛马(田忌賽馬) Tian Ji races his horses (and accepts one loss in order to ensure two wins)
• 野马(野馬) feral horse; free-roaming horse; wild horse
• 马克笔(馬克筆) marker ; felt marker
• 励兵秣马(勵兵秣馬) sharpen the weapons and feed the horses; get ready for battle
• 吹牛拍马(吹牛拍馬) to resort to bragging and flattering
• 铁马(鐵馬) bicycle
• 大马士革李(大馬士革李) damson (fruit)

Also contained in

马列主义 、 司马丕 、 罗马 、 荷马 、 塔斯马尼亚州 、 马略卡 、 金马奖 、 马荣 、 马克沁 、 奥马哈 、 司马谈 、 司马聃 、 马拿瓜 、 哈马尔 、 奥巴马 、 马穆楚 、 司马相如 、 马融 、 巴哈马 、 马拉松战役

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: 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: 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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