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

• 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
• 马头星云(馬頭星雲) the Horse's Head nebula
• 马力(馬力) horsepower
• 马失前蹄(馬失前蹄) the horse loses its front hooves; sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness
• 幼马(幼馬) young horse; colt; filly
• 走马到任(走馬到任) to ride to take up an official appointment; to take on a job with alacrity; to undertake a task
• 马丁炉(馬丁爐) Martin furnace; open hearth furnace; open hearth
• 走马章台(走馬章臺) to go to the brothel on horseback; to visit prostitutes
• 马蹄(馬蹄) a horse's hoof; a horseshoe ; Chinese water chestnut
• 河马(河馬) hippopotamus
• 马达加斯加法郎(馬達加斯加法郎) Malagasy franc
• 马戏团(馬戲團) circus
• 中箭落马(中箭落馬) to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse; to suffer a serious setback
• 马首是瞻(馬首是瞻) to follow blindly ; to take as one's only guide
• 信马游缰(信馬游韁) trust the horse, loosen the reins
• 马鲛鱼(馬鮫魚) Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius)
• 舍得一身剐，敢把皇帝拉下马(捨得一身剮，敢把皇帝拉下馬) one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor
• 马来半岛(馬來半島) Malay Peninsula ; Malay Peninsula
• 马拉雅拉姆语(馬拉雅拉姆語) Malayalam
• 良马(良馬) a good horse
• 马桶 a toilet ; chamber pot; wooden pan used as toilet; toilet bowl
• 指鹿为马(指鹿為馬) making a deer out to be a horse; deliberate misrepresentation
• 君子一言，驷马难追(君子一言，駟馬難追) a nobleman's word is his bond
• 人马(人馬) men and horses ; cavalry; troops ; a centaur
• 打马虎眼(打馬虎眼) to play dumb; to slack off
• 驴唇马觜(驢脣馬觜) camel's lip, horse's mouth; to chatter; nonsense; blather
• 阿马逊(阿馬遜) Amazon
• 秣马厉兵(秣馬厲兵) feed the horses and sharpen the weapons; get ready for battle
• 青梅竹马(青梅竹馬) green plums and hobby-horse; innocent children's games; childhood sweethearts
• 出马(出馬) to set out (on a campaign); to stand for election; to throw one's cap in the ring
• 放马过来(放馬過來) bring it on!; give me all you got!
• 海马(海馬) sea horse; hippocampus ; hippocampus
• 罗马诺(羅馬諾) Romano (name)
• 罗马教会(羅馬教會) Catholic Church; Roman Catholic Church
• 马克沁机枪(馬克沁機槍) Maxim machine gun
• 马匹(馬匹) horses; a group of horses

Also contained in

哈贝马斯 、 托马斯·瓦特斯 、 马儒 、 马达加斯加岛 、 马尔康县 、 亚拉巴马州 、 马尔维纳斯群岛 、 马尼拉大学 、 巴拿马城 、 伊斯兰马巴德 、 龙马潭区 、 亚马孙 、 奥克拉荷马州 、 义马

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
• 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
• 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
• 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