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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
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

马
mǎ
horse; surname
HSK 3 3 丶

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)

Alternate Entries

马
Mǎ
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia [[馬來西亞|马来西亚<Mǎláixīyà>]]
HSK 3

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
275
Word Frequency Rank
163 of 84,292
Radical Number
187

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