horse; surname; KangXi radical 187

HSK 3 #276

DEFINITIONS

马 mǎ
  • surname Ma
  • abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
  • horse
  • CL:匹[pi3]
  • horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
  • knight in Western chess

STROKES

WORDS

lì mǎ Lima, capital of Peru
luò mǎ (lit.) to fall from a horse; (fig.) to suffer a setback; to come a cropper; to be sacked (e.g. for corruption)
射线 gā mǎ shè xiàn gamma rays
俄克拉何 é kè lā hé mǎ Oklahoma, US state
dà mǎ Malaysia
克思主义 mǎ kè sī zhǔ yì Marxism
贼 mǎ zéi horse thief; (old) group of horse-mounted bandits
当先 yī mǎ dāng xiān to take the lead
亚拉巴 yà lā bā mǎ Alabama, US state
抽水桶 chōu shuǐ mǎ tǒng flush toilet
tiào mǎ vault (gymnastics)
洛 mǎ luò Marlow (name)
莎 mǎ shā Marks and Spencers, UK retail chain; Martha (name)
古罗 gǔ luó mǎ ancient Rome
奥克拉荷 ào kè lā hé mǎ Oklahoma, US state (Tw)
丘比丘 mǎ qiū bǐ qiū Machu Picchu
赛克 mǎ sài kè mosaic (loanword); pixelation
镫 mǎ dèng stirrup
乞力扎罗山 qǐ lì mǎ zhā luó shān Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
ān mǎ pommel horse (gymnastics)
拉 mǎ lā Marat (name); Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), Swiss scientist and physician
亚拉巴州 yà lā bā mǎ zhōu Alabama, US state
招兵买 zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army; fig. to expand business; to recruit new staff
脚 lòu mǎ jiǎo to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature; to give the game away
丁尼 mǎ dīng ní martini (loanword)