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mǎ

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English Definition	horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess; (Chinese surname); abbr. for Malaysia 马来西亚
Simplified Script	马
Traditional Script	馬
Pinyin	mǎ
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	maa⁵
Part of Speech	(名) noun
Measure Words	匹
Topical Word Lists	Part of animals/mammals Part of religion/mysticism/chinese zodiac animals
Proficiency Test Level	HSK.v3=3 TOCFL=3

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Words With Same Head Word
马上	mǎshàng	at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force)
马路	mǎlù	street; road
马桶	mǎtǒng	chamber pot; wooden pan used as toilet; toilet bowl
马铃薯	mǎ líng shǔ	potato
马克思主义	mǎkèsī zhǔyì	Marxism

Words With Same Tail Word
出马	chūmǎ	to set out (on a campaign); to stand for election; to throw one's cap in the ring
神马	shénmǎ	mythical horse; Internet slang for 什么
宝马	bǎomǎ	precious horse; BMW (car company)
罗马	luómǎ	Rome, capital of Italy
立马	lìmǎ	at once; immediately; promptly; swiftly

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