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马
馬
Mǎ
1. surname Ma
2. abbr. for Malaysia [[馬來西亞|马来西亚<Mǎláixīyà>]]
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 0% Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

马
mǎ
horse; surname
HSK 3 3 丶

Compound Words (20)

牛马
niúmǎ
oxen and horses
角马
jiǎomǎ
gnu
新马
XīnMǎ
abbr. for Singapore [[新加坡]] and Malaysia [[馬來西亞|马来西亚]]
灶马
zàomǎ
camel cricket
策马
cèmǎ
to urge on a horse using a whip or spurs
蓟马
jìmǎ
(zoology) thrips (order Thysanoptera)
征马
zhēngmǎ
horse capable of long expedition
斑马
bānmǎ
zebra
水马
shuǐmǎ
water-filled barrier
海马
hǎimǎ
sea horse
祖马
Zǔmǎ
Zuma (name)
竹马
zhúmǎ
bamboo stick used as a toy horse
良马
liángmǎ
good horse
落马
luòmǎ
(lit.) to fall from a horse
幼马
yòumǎ
young horse
彪马
Biāomǎ
Puma (brand)
拍马
pāimǎ
to urge on a horse by patting its bottom
探马
tànmǎ
mounted scout (arch.)
套马
tàomǎ
to harness a horse
杜马
Dùmǎ
Duma, lower chamber of Russian parliament

Example Sentences (2)

马可，你的中文说得越来越好了！
Mǎkě,nǐ de Zhōngwén shuō de yuè lái yuè hǎo le!
Marco, your Chinese is getting better and better!
Text 1
马可比我说得好一些，我的汉语没有他好。
Mǎkě bǐ wǒ shuō de hǎo yìxiē, wǒ de Hànyǔ méiyǒu tā hǎo.
Marco speaks a bit better than me; my Chinese is not as good as his.
Text 1

Alternate Entries

马
mǎ
horse / CL:[[匹<pǐ>]] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess
HSK 3

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
275
Word Frequency Rank
163 of 84,292