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

• 马路牙子(馬路牙子) curb
• 溜须拍马(溜鬚拍馬) to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom; to use flatter to get what one wants; to toady
• 脱缰马(脫韁馬) a horse that has thrown off the reins
• 套马杆(套馬桿) lasso on long wooden pole
• 黑马(黑馬) dark horse; unexpected winner
• 驸马(駙馬) emperor's son-in-law
• 马口铁(馬口鐵) tinplate; tin (tin-coated steel)
• 马上风(馬上風) death during sexual intercourse
• 斑马线(斑馬線) to hatch
• 马匹(馬匹) horses; a group of horses
• 藏马鸡(藏馬雞) Tibetan eared pheasant (Crossoptilon harmani)
• 马槟榔(馬檳榔) caper
• 马麻(馬麻) mommy
• 马服子(馬服子) Ma Fuzi
• 套马(套馬) to harness a horse; to lasso a horse
• 勒马(勒馬) to guide a horse with the reins; to rein in a horse
• 人困马乏(人困馬乏) riders tired and horses weary; worn out; exhausted; spent; fatigued
• 马来文(馬來文) Malaysian language
• 马赛(馬賽) Basay ; Marseille
• 斗鸡走马(鬥雞走馬) cock-fighting and horse-racing; to gamble
• 雅马哈(雅馬哈) Yamaha
• 马鸣(馬鳴) a horse's neigh
• 脱缰之马(脫韁之馬) a horse that has thrown off the reins; runaway horse; out of control
• 野马(野馬) feral horse; free-roaming horse; wild horse
• 犬马(犬馬) dogs and horses ; people of little virtue ; a humble self reference
• 露马脚(露馬腳) to reveal the cloven foot; to unmask one's true nature; to give the game away
• 一马平川(一馬平川) flat land one could gallop straight across; wide expanse of flat country
• 吹牛拍马(吹牛拍馬) to resort to bragging and flattering
• 马驹(馬駒) young horse (colt or filly)
• 上马(上馬) to get on a horse; to mount
• 马尔马拉海(馬爾馬拉海) Sea of Marmara
• 万马齐喑(萬馬齊喑) thousands of horses, all mute; no-one dares to speak out; an atmosphere of political oppression
• 马路口(馬路口) intersection (of roads)

Also contained in

罗马 、 马布多 、 帕拉马里博 、 司马邺 、 司马承帧 、 龙马潭区 、 马边 、 司马德文 、 亚拉巴马 、 车司马 、 茶马互市 、 马德望 、 马儒 、 马兰 、 马俊仁 、 马兰基地 、 古罗马 、 大马士革

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

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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