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  *马* | 马* | *马
horse / CL: / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess
HSK 3
at once / right away / immediately / on horseback (i.e. by military force)
HSK 1
street / road / CL: 條|条
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *马* | 马* | *马
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚
chamber pot / wooden pan used as toilet / toilet bowl
HSK 7-9
Belgian Malinois (dog breed) (abbr. for 馬里努阿犬|马里努阿犬)
Maputo, capital of Mozambique (Tw)
potato
Gospel according to St Matthew
Malvinas Islands (also known as Falkland Islands)
toilet plunger
to be buried in a horse hide (idiom) / to give one's life on the battlefield
Cantonese sponge cake also known as mara cake
morin khuur (Mongolian bowed stringed instrument)
(loanword) mug
Malay language
Mabian Yizu Autonomous County in Leshan 樂山|乐山, Sichuan
toilet brush
toilet plunger
Maltese (language)
caper
Manila, capital of Philippines
Malaysia Airlines
(loanword) belachan (South-East Asian condiment made from fermented shrimp paste)
cart / chariot / carriage / buggy
HSK 6
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835-1910), US writer, novelist and humorist, author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 哈克貝利·芬歷險記|哈克贝利·芬历险记
Malaysia
careless / sloppy / negligent / skimpy
HSK 7-9
Ma Yun (1964-), aka Jack Ma, Chinese billionaire businessman, co-founder of Alibaba 阿里巴巴
Marxism-Leninism
tinplate / tin (tin-coated steel)
horsepower
HSK 7-9
lackey / errand boy / lit. runner before a carriage
careless / casual / vague / not so bad / so-so / tolerable / fair
Marco Polo (1254–c. 1324), Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk road to China, author of Il Milione (Travels of Marco Polo)
Matthan, son of Eleazar and father of Jakob in Matthew 1.15
ponytail (hairstyle) / horse's tail / slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various plants)
Malaysian person or people
Mawei harbor, the harbor of Fuzhou city
Marrakech (city in Morocco)
Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, president of Republic of China 2008-2016
to win instant success (idiom)
Malaysian Malay (the official variety of Malay spoken in Malaysia)
Marxism
Marxism-Leninism
Diego Maradona (1960–2020), Argentine footballer
Year of the Horse (e.g. 2002)
circus
HSK 7-9
Marcus Aurelius (121-180), Roman Emperor
(fig.) (derog.) beer or other alcoholic drink (esp. cheap or poor-quality)
abbr. for Marx 馬克思|马克思, Engels 恩格斯, Lenin 列寧|列宁 and Stalin 斯大林
(loanword) mozzarella
henchman / gang member
Strait of Malacca
Omega or Horseshoe Nebula M17
Madrid, capital of Spain
(loanword) marathon
(Chinese chess) moving the cannon after moving the horse away / (fig.) a useless action or comment; sth done after it's too late
HSK 7-9
Mallorca or Majorca (island of Spain)
Mali (Tw)
lasso pole / blind man's stick / white stick
Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan, a recent Han dynasty archaeological site
Maslow (surname) / Abraham Maslow (1908–1970), US psychologist
stable
groom / stable lad / horsekeeper / pimp / procurer
Maxim machine gun
Mawei, a district of Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian
face-plant
Mario (name)
Ma Huateng aka Pony Ma (1971-), Chinese business magnate, CEO of Tencent
horse
Marburg virus
Matsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan
Malé, capital of Maldives
Mazda, Japanese car make (derived from name Matsuda 松田) / also known as 萬事得|万事得
horseshoe shape
Machu Picchu
marathon race
horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus)
Maspero (name)
Malay person or people
marker (loanword) / felt marker
(loanword) macaron, French pastry with a soft filling sandwiched between the meringue-based cookie shells
bandit; brigand / gambling chip / chamber pot / (slang) girl; chick; babe
corset / sockpuppet (Internet slang) / vest (dialect)
buttoned mandarin jacket of the Qing dynasty 清代 (1644-1911)
horse's head / same as 碼頭|码头, pier
(loanword) motor
harness
(loanword) martini
Ma Chao (176-222), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Martin Luther (1483-1546), key figure of the Protestant Reformation
Marx (name) / Karl Marx (1818-1883), German revolutionary, economist and historian
Marat (name) / Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), Swiss scientist and physician
Elon Musk (1971-), business magnate and co-founder of Tesla Motors
Mamoudzou, capital of Mayotte
horse thief / (old) group of horse-mounted bandits
saddle

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