mǎ
horse
CL:匹[pi3]
horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
knight in Western chess
Mǎ
surname Ma
abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
mǎ shàng
at once
right away
immediately
on horseback (i.e. by military force)
bīng mǎ yǒng
figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead
Terracotta Army (historic site)
zhū sī mǎ jì
lit. spider's thread and horse track
tiny hints (of a secret)
traces
clue
shàng mǎ
to get on a horse
to mount
mǎ hu
careless
sloppy
negligent
skimpy
mǎ shù
equestrianism
horsemanship
Suǒ mǎ lǐ
variant of 索馬里|索马里[Suo3 ma3 li3]
Somalia
pǎo mǎ
horse race
to ride a horse at a fast pace
wet dream
xià mǎ
to dismount from a horse
(fig.) to abandon (a project)
mǎ wěi
ponytail (hairstyle)
horse's tail
slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various plants)
Mǎ wěi
Mawei district of Fuzhou city 福州市[Fu2 zhou1 shi4], Fujian
Sī mǎ Qiān
Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography
mǎ tí
horse's hoof
horseshoe
Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta)
chū mǎ
to set out (on a campaign)
to stand for election
to throw one's cap in the ring
zǒu mǎ
to ride (a horse)
to go on horseback
Wēi dì mǎ lā
Guatemala
see also 瓜地馬拉|瓜地马拉[Gua1 di4 ma3 la1]
Mǎ Yīng jiǔ
Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, President of Republic of China 2008-2016
Mǎ hè
Mach (name)
Ernst Mach (1838-1916), German physicist
Mach (aeronautics), unit of speed based on speed of sound = 1 Mach = 1224 km per hr
Mǎ kè sī
Marx (name)
Groucho Marx (the star of Duck Soup, 1933)
Karl Marx (1818-1883), German socialist philosopher, political activist and founder of Marxism
Mǎ Chāo
Ma Chao (176-222), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
mǎ jiǎ
corset
sockpuppet (Internet slang)
vest (dialect)
Mǎ ní lā
Manila, capital of Philippines
mǎ lù
street
road
CL:條|条[tiao2]
rén mǎ
men and horses
troops
group of people
troop
staff
centaur
Mǎ lán
Malan military base and atomic test site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
Mǎ lóng
Malong county in Qujing 曲靖[Qu3 jing4], Yunnan
zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ
to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army
fig. to expand business
to recruit new staff
qīng méi zhú mǎ
lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)
fig. innocent children's games
childhood sweethearts
a couple who grew up as childhood friends
mù mǎ
wooden horse
rocking horse
vaulting horse (gymnastics)
trojan horse (computing)