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

• 柏油马路(柏油馬路) tarred road; asphalt road
• 驿马(驛馬) post horse
• 骆马(駱馬) llama
• 出马(出馬) to set out (on a campaign); to stand for election; to throw one's cap in the ring
• 马赛族(馬賽族) Basay, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan ; Maasai
• 奥萨马(奧薩馬) Osama
• 走马看花(走馬看花) flower viewing from horseback; superficial understanding from cursory observation
• 罗马里奥(羅馬里奧) Romário
• 马兰花(馬蘭花) iris; Iris tectorum
• 抽水马桶(抽水馬桶) flush toilet
• 马大哈(馬大哈) a careless person; scatterbrain; frivolous and forgetful
• 驯马人(馴馬人) horse trainer
• 马氏珍珠贝(馬氏珍珠貝) pearl oyster (genus Pinctada)
• 马竿(馬竿) lasso pole; blind man's stick; white stick
• 罗马书(羅馬書) Epistle of St Paul to the Romans
• 汗血宝马(汗血寶馬) Ferghana horse
• 马不停蹄(馬不停蹄) unrelenting; without stopping to rest
• 田忌赛马(田忌賽馬) Tian Ji races his horses (and accepts one loss in order to ensure two wins)
• 骑马(騎馬) to ride a horse
• 马队(馬隊) cavalry; caravan of horses carrying goods
• 马来鸻(馬來鴴) Malaysian plover (Charadrius peronii)
• 马夫(馬伕) groom; stable lad; horsekeeper; pimp; procurer ; a horse trainer
• 马齿徒增(馬齒徒增) (self-deprecating) to have grown old without accomplishing anything
• 马连良(馬連良) Ma Lianliang
• 一马平川(一馬平川) flat land one could gallop straight across; wide expanse of flat country
• 东方马脑炎病毒(東方馬腦炎病毒) eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus
• 万马齐喑(萬馬齊喑) thousands of horses, all mute; no-one dares to speak out; an atmosphere of political oppression
• 阿马逊(阿馬遜) Amazon
• 对马海峡(對馬海峽) Tsushima Strait, between Japan and South Korea
• 跃马(躍馬) to gallop; to spur on a horse; to let one's steed have his head
• 马氏管(馬氏管) Malpighian tubule system (in the insect digestive tract etc)
• 北马里亚纳群岛(北馬里亞納群島) Northern Mariana Islands
• 马尔马拉海(馬爾馬拉海) Sea of Marmara
• 士马(士馬) troops and horses
• 马戏团(馬戲團) circus

Also contained in

马约特 、 马丁路德 、 司马岳 、 马龙 、 白马雪山 、 阿拉巴马 、 马基雅维里 、 马利亚纳群岛 、 马航 、 司马承帧 、 伊隆·马斯克 、 司马法 、 对马岛 、 马六甲 、 马拉威 、 扎马剌丁

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 马牛 (馬牛) 馬牛其風 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 費誓 Zhou Shu - Speech at Bi — count: 3