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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *媽* | 媽* | *媽
ma / mom / mother
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘛* | 嘛* | *嘛
modal particle indicating that sth is obvious / particle indicating a pause for emphasis
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嗎* | 嗎* | *嗎
(question particle for "yes-no" questions)
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *馬* | 馬* | *馬
horse / CL: / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘛* | 嘛* | *嘛
used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 / (Tw) (coll.) what?
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罵* | 罵* | *罵
to scold / to abuse / to curse / CL: , 頓|顿
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *麻* | 麻* | *麻
generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL: 縷|缕 / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *碼* | 碼* | *碼
(archaic) agate / (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale / number / (computing) code / (clothing) size / yard (unit of length) / (coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references) / (coll.) to pile up; to stack / classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in 不是一碼事|不是一码事 "not the same thing") / (Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)
HSK 7-9
Ma Lianliang (1901-1966), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *麻* | 麻* | *麻
surname Ma
mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, president of Republic of China 2008-2016
Tsing Ma Bridge (to Hong Kong Airport)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嗎* | 嗎* | *嗎
(coll.) what?
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嗎* | 嗎* | *嗎
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抹* | 抹* | *抹
to wipe
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *螞* | 螞* | *螞
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *螞* | 螞* | *螞
used in 螞蟥|蚂蟥 / used in 螞蟻|蚂蚁
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *螞* | 螞* | *螞
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *麼* | 麼* | *麼
exclamatory final particle
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *麼* | 麼* | *麼
interrogative final particle
The Wolf of Zhongshan, fable by Ma Zhongxi 馬中錫|马中锡
Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿|关汉卿, Zheng Guangzu 鄭光祖|郑光祖, Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠|马致远 and Bai Pu 白樸|白朴
Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽|关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, Ma Chao 馬超|马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠|黄忠
Huashan, a district of Ma'anshan City 馬鞍山市|马鞍山市, Anhui
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *馬* | 馬* | *馬
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *禡* | 禡* | *禡
(arch.) religious ritual on setting out for war
Baima or Banma county (Tibetan: pad ma rdzong) in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture 果洛州, Qinghai
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摩* | 摩* | *摩
used in 摩挲
Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿|关汉卿, Zheng Guangzu 鄭光祖|郑光祖, Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠|马致远 and Bai Pu 白樸|白朴
Ma Fujun, famous general of Zhao 趙國|赵国
He County or Hexian, a county in Ma'anshan City 馬鞍山市|马鞍山市, Anhui
Dangtu, a county in Ma'anshan City 馬鞍山市|马鞍山市, Anhui
Lok Ma Chau (place in Hong Kong)
Ma Zhiyuan (c. 1250-1321), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan Dramatists 元曲四大家
Ma Yun (1964-), aka Jack Ma, Chinese billionaire businessman, co-founder of Alibaba 阿里巴巴
Ma Huateng aka Pony Ma (1971-), Chinese business magnate, CEO of Tencent
Ma'anshan, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蟆* | 蟆* | *蟆
toad
Four great beards of Beijing opera, namely: Ma Lianliang 馬連良|马连良, Tan Fuying 譚富英|谭富英, Yang Baosen 楊寶森|杨宝森, Xi Xiaobo 奚嘯伯|奚啸伯
Ma Liang (Three Kingdoms)
Ma Nancun (1912-1966), pen name of Deng Tuo 鄧拓|邓拓
the Ma clique of warlords in Gansu and Ningxia during the 1930s and 1940s
Ma Chao (176-222), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Bowang, a district of Ma'anshan City 馬鞍山市|马鞍山市, Anhui
Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC / also called Ma Fuzi 馬服子|马服子
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *溤* | 溤* | *溤
name of a river
Yo-Yo Ma (1955-), French-Chinese-American cellist
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *瑪* | 瑪* | *瑪
M.A. Balakirev, Russian composer
Ma Zhongxi, Ming writer (1446-1512), author of the fable The Wolf of Zhongshan 中山狼傳|中山狼传
Baima or Banma county (Tibetan: pad ma rdzong) in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture 果洛州, Qinghai
Hanshan, a county in Ma'anshan City 馬鞍山市|马鞍山市, Anhui
Deng Tuo (1912-1966), sociologist and journalist, died under persecution at the start of the Cultural Revolution / wrote under the pen name Ma Nancun 馬南邨|马南邨
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *獁* | 獁* | *獁
used in 猛獁|猛犸 / Taiwan pr. [ma4]
Ma Sanli (1914-2003), Chinese comedian
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *榪* | 榪* | *榪
headboard
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *痲* | 痲* | *痲
leprosy / numb
Ma Fuzi (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC / also called Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *駡* | 駡* | *駡
variant of 罵|骂
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蔴* | 蔴* | *蔴
hemp (variant of )
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蟇* | 蟇* | *蟇
old variant of
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *傌* | 傌* | *傌
(Chinese chess) horse; knight (on the red side)
Yushan, a district of Ma'anshan City 馬鞍山市|马鞍山市, Anhui
Ma Junren (1944-), Chinese track coach
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *傌* | 傌* | *傌
variant of 罵|骂


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