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
- 驸马(駙馬) emperor's son-in-law
- 伽马射线(伽馬射線) gamma rays
- 马哈拉施特拉邦(馬哈拉施特拉邦) Maharashtra (state in India)
- 罗马里奥(羅馬里奧) Romário
- 马蹄形(馬蹄形) a horseshoe shape
- 马甲(馬甲) corset; sockpuppet ; vest
- 马鹿(馬鹿) red deer; fool; idiot
- 达尔马提亚(達爾馬提亞) Dalmatia, Croatian region on the eastern coast of Adriatic Sea
- 三驾马车(三駕馬車) troika
- 马库色(馬庫色) Marcuse
- 马大(馬大) Martha
- 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
- 马来半岛(馬來半島) Malay Peninsula ; Malay Peninsula
- 马不停蹄(馬不停蹄) unrelenting; without stopping to rest
- 打马虎眼(打馬虎眼) to play dumb; to slack off
- 斑马鱼(斑馬魚) zebrafish
- 拉马丹(拉馬丹) Ramadan
- 探马(探馬) mounted scout (arch.)
- 人马(人馬) men and horses ; cavalry; troops ; a centaur
- 胡马依北风(胡馬依北風) the Tartar horse prefers the North wind
- 信马游缰(信馬游韁) trust the horse, loosen the reins
- 汗血宝马(汗血寶馬) Ferghana horse
- 厉兵秣马(厲兵秣馬) to sharpen the weapons and feed the horses; to get ready for battle
- 呼牛作马(呼牛作馬) to call something a cow or a horse; it doesn't matter what you call it
- 马赛(馬賽) Basay ; Marseille
- 马伯乐(馬伯樂) Maspero (name)
- 汗血马(汗血馬) a type of red horse from Central Asia ; a fine steed
- 超马(超馬) ultramarathon
- 马子(馬子) bandit; brigand ; bandit; brigand; gambling chip ; Umako
- 盘马弯弓(盤馬彎弓) coiling around a horse to draw back a bow; preparing to act
Also contained in
马俊仁 、 卡尔·马克思 、 塔斯马尼亚 、 皇马 、 马拉开波 、 司马聃 、 马荣 、 马德望 、 马可波罗 、 马家军 、 对马 、 马略卡 、 北马里亚纳 、 马朱罗 、 马尔维纳斯 、 马德拉斯 、 康马县 、 司马德宗 、 马拉喀什 、 塔斯马尼亚州 、 亚拉巴马州
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 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
- 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: 5
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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