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马
馬
mǎ
1.
horse
2.
CL:[[匹<pǐ>]]
3.
horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
4.
knight in Western chess
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
上马
shàngmǎ
to get on a horse
下马
xiàmǎ
to dismount from a horse
人马
rénmǎ
men and horses
伽马
gāmǎ
gamma (Greek letter Γγ) (loanword)
作马
zuòmǎ
trestle
侯马
Hóumǎ
Houma county level city in Linfen [[臨汾|临汾<Línfén>]], Shanxi
儿马
érmǎ
stallion
公马
gōngmǎ
male horse
兵马
bīngmǎ
troops and horses
出马
chūmǎ
to set out (on a campaign)
利马
Lìmǎ
Lima, capital of Peru
勒马
lèmǎ
to rein in a horse
午马
wǔmǎ
Year 7, year of the Horse (e.g. 2002)
司马
Sīmǎ
official post of minister of war in pre-han Chinese states
坠马
zhuìmǎ
to fall off a horse
大马
Dàmǎ
Malaysia
奔马
bēnmǎ
runaway horses
套马
tàomǎ
to harness a horse
害马
hàimǎ
lit. the black horse of the herd
宝马
Bǎomǎ
BMW (car company)
Example Sentences (1)
去年放暑假的时候，我也去过一次，我在那儿看了马、熊猫、老虎等动物。我特别喜欢熊猫，可惜它们当时大多在睡觉。
Qùnián fàng shǔjià de shíhou, wǒ yě qù guo yí cì, wǒ zài nàr kàn le mǎ, xióngmāo, lǎohǔ děng dòngwù. Wǒ tèbié xǐhuan xióngmāo, kěxī tāmen dāngshí dàduō zài shuìjiào.
During last year’s summer vacation, I also went once. I saw horses, pandas, tigers, and other animals there. I especially like pandas, but unfortunately most of them were sleeping at the time.
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- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 275
- Word Frequency Rank
- 163 of 84,292
- Radical Number
- 187