马 馬 ma3
surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚

马 馬 ma3
horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess

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radical
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馬
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阿拉巴马 阿拉巴馬 a1 la1 ba1 ma3
Alabama, US state

阿拉巴马州 阿拉巴馬州 a1 la1 ba1 ma3 zhou1
Alabama, US state

阿马逊 阿馬遜 a1 ma3 xun4
Amazon; also written 亞馬遜|亚马逊

阿斯顿·马丁 阿斯頓·馬丁 a1 si1 dun4 - ma3 ding1
Aston Martin

阿斯马拉 阿斯馬拉 a1 si1 ma3 la1
Asmara, capital of Eritrea

埃隆·马斯克 埃隆·馬斯克 ai1 long2 - ma3 si1 ke4
Elon Musk (1971-), founder and CEO of SpaceX, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors

爱马仕 愛馬仕 ai4 ma3 shi4
Hermès (brand)

鞍马 鞍馬 an1 ma3
pommel horse (gymnastics)

鞍马劳顿 鞍馬勞頓 an1 ma3 lao2 dun4
travel-worn

鞍前马后 鞍前馬後 an1 qian2 ma3 hou4
to follow everywhere; to always be there for sb at their beck and call

奥巴马 奧巴馬 ao4 ba1 ma3
Barack Obama (1961-), US Democrat politician, president 2009-2017

奥克拉荷马 奧克拉荷馬 ao4 ke4 la1 he2 ma3
Oklahoma, US state (Tw)

奥克拉荷马州 奧克拉荷馬州 ao4 ke4 la1 he2 ma3 zhou1
Oklahoma, US state (Tw)

奥马尔 奧馬爾 ao4 ma3 er3
Omar (Arabic name)

奥马哈 奧馬哈 ao4 ma3 ha1
Omaha

巴哈马 巴哈馬 ba1 ha1 ma3
the Bahamas

巴拉马利波 巴拉馬利波 ba1 la1 ma3 li4 bo1
Paramaribo, capital of Suriname (Tw)

巴马干酪 巴馬乾酪 ba1 ma3 gan1 lao4
Parmesan cheese

巴马科 巴馬科 ba1 ma3 ke1
Bamako, capital of Mali

巴马县 巴馬縣 ba1 ma3 xian4
Bama Yaozu autonomous county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州, Guangxi

巴马瑶族自治县 巴馬瑤族自治縣 ba1 ma3 yao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4
Bama Yaozu autonomous county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州, Guangxi

巴拿马 巴拿馬 ba1 na2 ma3
Panama

巴拿马城 巴拿馬城 ba1 na2 ma3 cheng2
Panama City

巴拿马运河 巴拿馬運河 ba1 na2 ma3 yun4 he2
Panama Canal

把马子 把馬子 ba3 ma3 zi3
to pick up a girl; to get a girl

白马股 白馬股 bai2 ma3 gu3
gilt-edged securities

白马鸡 白馬雞 bai2 ma3 ji1
(bird species of China) white eared pheasant (Crossoptilon crossoptilon)

白马寺 白馬寺 bai2 ma3 si4
the Baima or White Horse Temple in Luoyang, one of the earliest Buddhist temples in China

白马王子 白馬王子 bai2 ma3 wang2 zi3
Prince Charming; knight in shining armor

白马雪山 白馬雪山 bai2 ma3 xue3 shan1
Baimaxue mountains, up to 5430 m., in Dechen or Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州, Yunnan

柏油马路 柏油馬路 bai3 you2 ma3 lu4
tarred road; asphalt road

斑马 斑馬 ban1 ma3
zebra

斑马线 斑馬線 ban1 ma3 xian4
crosswalk; zebra crossing

斑马鱼 斑馬魚 ban1 ma3 yu2
zebrafish

半人马 半人馬 ban4 ren2 ma3
centaur (mythology)

半人马座 半人馬座 ban4 ren2 ma3 zuo4
Centaurus (constellation)

宝马 寶馬 bao3 ma3
BMW (car company)

宝马 寶馬 bao3 ma3
precious horse

宝马香车 寶馬香車 bao3 ma3 xiang1 che1
precious horses and magnificent carriage (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle; ostentatious display of luxury

鲍勃·马利 鮑勃·馬利 bao4 bo2 - ma3 li4
Bob Marley (1945-1981), Jamaican Reggae 雷鬼 musician and activist

北马里亚纳 北馬里亞納 bei3 ma3 li3 ya4 na4
Northern Mariana Islands

北马里亚纳群岛 北馬里亞納群島 bei3 ma3 li3 ya4 na4 qun2 dao3
Northern Mariana Islands

北叟失马 北叟失馬 bei3 sou3 shi1 ma3
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise; it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

奔马 奔馬 ben1 ma3
(literary) (swift like a) speeding horse

彪马 彪馬 biao1 ma3
Puma (brand)

彬马那 彬馬那 bin1 ma3 na4
Pyinmana, former jungle county town in central Myanmar (Burma), redesignated the national capital and renamed Naypyidaw 內比都 in November 2005

兵荒马乱 兵荒馬亂 bing1 huang1 ma3 luan4
soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom); turmoil and chaos of war

兵马 兵馬 bing1 ma3
troops and horses; military forces

兵马未动，粮草先行 兵馬未動，糧草先行 bing1 ma3 wei4 dong4 - liang2 cao3 xian1 xing2
before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers; an army marches on its stomach

兵马俑 兵馬俑 bing1 ma3 yong3
figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead; Terracotta Army (historic site)

兵强马壮 兵強馬壯 bing1 qiang2 ma3 zhuang4
lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom); fig. a well-trained and powerful army

波多马克河 波多馬克河 bo1 duo1 ma3 ke4 he2
see 波托馬克河|波托马克河

波托马克河 波托馬克河 bo1 tuo1 ma3 ke4 he2
Potomac River

步进马达 步進馬達 bu4 jin4 ma3 da2
stepper motor

草泥马 草泥馬 cao3 ni2 ma3
grass mud horse; used as a substitute for 肏你媽|肏你妈, to mock or avoid censorship on the Internet

策马 策馬 ce4 ma3
to urge on a horse using a whip or spurs

茶马古道 茶馬古道 cha2 ma3 gu3 dao4
old tea-horse road or southern Silk Road, dating back to 6th century, from Tibet and Sichuan through Yunnan and Southeast Asia, reaching to Bhutan, Sikkim, India and beyond

茶马互市 茶馬互市 cha2 ma3 hu4 shi4
old tea-horse market between Tibet, China, Southeast Asia and India, formalized as a state enterprise under the Song dynasty

超马 超馬 chao1 ma3
ultramarathon; abbr. for 超級馬拉松|超级马拉松

车马 車馬 che1 ma3
vehicles and horses

车水马龙 車水馬龍 che1 shui3 ma3 long2
endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom); heavy traffic

抽水马桶 抽水馬桶 chou1 shui3 ma3 tong3
flush toilet

筹马 籌馬 chou2 ma3
variant of 籌碼|筹码

出马 出馬 chu1 ma3
to set out (on a campaign); to stand for election; to throw one's cap in the ring

穿马路 穿馬路 chuan1 ma3 lu4
to cross (a street)

吹牛拍马 吹牛拍馬 chui1 niu2 pai1 ma3
to resort to bragging and flattering

达尔马提亚 達爾馬提亞 da2 er3 ma3 ti2 ya4
Dalmatia, Croatian region on the eastern coast of Adriatic Sea

打马虎眼 打馬虎眼 da3 ma3 hu5 yan3
to play dumb; to slack off (idiom)

打马赛克 打馬賽克 da3 ma3 sai4 ke4
to censor an image; to pixelate

大鳞大马哈鱼 大鱗大馬哈魚 da4 lin2 da2 ma3 ha3 yu2
see 大鱗大麻哈魚|大鳞大麻哈鱼

大马 大馬 da4 ma3
Malaysia

大马哈鱼 大馬哈魚 da4 ma3 ha3 yu2
chum salmon

大马士革 大馬士革 da4 ma3 shi4 ge2
Damascus, capital of Syria

大马士革李 大馬士革李 da4 ma3 shi4 ge2 li3
damson (fruit)

大仲马 大仲馬 da4 zhong4 ma3
Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870), French writer

单枪匹马 單槍匹馬 dan1 qiang1 pi3 ma3
lit. single spear and horse (idiom); fig. single-handed; unaccompanied

单人匹马 單人匹馬 dan1 ren2 pi3 ma3
single-handedly (idiom)

当牛作马 當牛作馬 dang1 niu2 zuo4 ma3
to work like a horse and toil like an ox; fig. to slave for sb

刀马旦 刀馬旦 dao1 ma3 dan4
female warrior role in Chinese opera

德国马克 德國馬克 de2 guo2 ma3 ke4
German mark

东方马脑炎病毒 東方馬腦炎病毒 dong1 fang1 ma3 nao3 yan2 bing4 du2
eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus

东罗马帝国 東羅馬帝國 dong1 luo2 ma3 di4 guo2
Eastern Roman empire or Byzantium (395-1453)

斗鸡走马 鬥雞走馬 dou4 ji1 zou3 ma3
cock-fighting and horse-racing (idiom); to gamble

杜马 杜馬 du4 ma3
Duma, lower chamber of Russian parliament

对马 對馬 dui4 ma3
Tsushima Island, between Japan and South Korea

对马岛 對馬島 dui4 ma3 dao3
Tsushima Island, between Japan and South Korea

对马海峡 對馬海峽 dui4 ma3 hai3 xia2
Tsushima Strait, between Japan and South Korea

蹲马步 蹲馬步 dun4 ma3 bu4
to do a martial-art squat

多多马 多多馬 duo1 duo1 ma3
Dodoma, capital of Tanzania

俄克拉何马 俄克拉何馬 e2 ke4 la1 he2 ma3
Oklahoma, US state

俄克拉何马城 俄克拉何馬城 e2 ke4 la1 he2 ma3 cheng2
Oklahoma City

俄克拉何马州 俄克拉何馬州 e2 ke4 la1 he2 ma3 zhou1
Oklahoma, US state

儿马 兒馬 er2 ma3
stallion

法马 法馬 fa3 ma3
variant of 砝碼|砝码

法马古斯塔 法馬古斯塔 fa3 ma3 gu3 si1 ta3
Famagusta (Ammochostos), Cyprus

放马过来 放馬過來 fang4 ma3 guo4 lai2
bring it on!; give me all you got!

放马后炮 放馬後炮 fang4 ma3 hou4 pao4
to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective

放一马 放一馬 fang4 yi1 ma3
to let (sb) off; to let (sb) get away with sth

非驴非马 非驢非馬 fei1 lv2 fei1 ma3
neither fish nor fowl; resembling nothing on earth

飞马 飛馬 fei1 ma3
at the gallop

飞马座 飛馬座 fei1 ma3 zuo4
Pegasus (constellation)

飞鹰走马 飛鷹走馬 fei1 ying1 zou3 ma3
to ride out hawking (idiom); to hunt

肥马轻裘 肥馬輕裘 fei2 ma3 qing1 qiu2
lit. stout horses and light furs; fig. to live in luxury

费尔马 費爾馬 fei4 er3 ma3
Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665), French mathematician

费尔马大定理 費爾馬大定理 fei4 er3 ma3 da4 ding4 li3
Fermat's last theorem

费马 費馬 fei4 ma3
variant of 費瑪|费玛

风马牛不相及 風馬牛不相及 feng1 ma3 niu2 bu4 xiang1 ji2
to be completely unrelated to one another (idiom); irrelevant

风马旗 風馬旗 feng1 ma3 qi2
Tibetan prayer flag

福马林 福馬林 fu2 ma3 lin2
formalin (loanword)

驸马 駙馬 fu4 ma3
emperor's son-in-law

伽马 伽馬 ga1 ma3
gamma (Greek letter Γγ) (loanword)

伽马射线 伽馬射線 ga1 ma3 she4 xian4
gamma rays

耿马傣族佤族自治县 耿馬傣族佤族自治縣 geng3 ma3 dai3 zu2 wa3 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4
Gengma Dai and Va autonomous county in Lincang 臨滄|临沧, Yunnan

耿马县 耿馬縣 geng3 ma3 xian4
Gengma Dai and Va autonomous county in Lincang 臨滄|临沧, Yunnan

公马 公馬 gong1 ma3
male horse; stallion; stud

古罗马 古羅馬 gu3 luo2 ma3
ancient Rome

瓜达拉马 瓜達拉馬 gua1 da2 la1 ma3
Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid)

瓜达拉马山 瓜達拉馬山 gua1 da2 la1 ma3 shan1
Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid)

瓜地马拉 瓜地馬拉 gua1 di4 ma3 la1
Guatemala (Tw)

挂马 掛馬 gua4 ma3
Trojan horse, to add malware to a website or program (computing)

国语罗马字 國語羅馬字 guo2 yu3 luo2 ma3 zi4
Gwoyeu Romatzyh, a romanization system for Chinese devised by Y.R. Chao and others in 1925-26

过马路 過馬路 guo4 ma3 lu4
to cross the street

哈贝马斯 哈貝馬斯 ha1 bei4 ma3 si1
Jürgen Habermas (1929-), German social philosopher

哈马尔 哈馬爾 ha1 ma3 er3
Hamar (town in Norway)

哈马斯 哈馬斯 ha1 ma3 si1
Hamas (radical Palestinian group)

海马 海馬 hai3 ma3
sea horse; hippocampus

海马回 海馬迴 hai3 ma3 hui2
hippocampus

海马体 海馬體 hai3 ma3 ti3
hippocampus

害马 害馬 hai4 ma3
lit. the black horse of the herd; fig. troublemaker; the black sheep of the family

害群之马 害群之馬 hai4 qun2 zhi1 ma3
lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom); fig. troublemaker; black sheep; rotten apple

汗马功劳 汗馬功勞 han4 ma3 gong1 lao2
lit. to ride a laboring horse to great deeds; fig. a heroic contribution

汗血宝马 汗血寶馬 han4 xue4 bao3 ma3
Ferghana horse

好马不吃回头草 好馬不吃回頭草 hao3 ma3 bu4 chi1 hui2 tou2 cao3
lit. a good horse doesn't come back to the same pasture (idiom); fig. one should not go back to one's past experiences (of love, job etc)

河马 河馬 he2 ma3
hippopotamus

荷马 荷馬 he2 ma3
Homer

荷属圣马丁 荷屬聖馬丁 he2 shu3 sheng4 ma3 ding1
Sint Maarten, island country in the Caribbean

褐马鸡 褐馬雞 he4 ma3 ji1
(bird species of China) brown eared pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum)

黑马 黑馬 hei1 ma3
dark horse; fig. unexpected winner

红马甲 紅馬甲 hong2 ma3 jia3
red waistcoat; floor trader in stock market; stockbroker

侯马 侯馬 hou2 ma3
Houma county level city in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi

侯马市 侯馬市 hou2 ma3 shi4
Houma county level city in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi

猴年马月 猴年馬月 hou2 nian2 ma3 yue4
long time off; time that will never come

呼牛呼马 呼牛呼馬 hu1 niu2 hu1 ma3
to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it; Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.

呼牛作马 呼牛作馬 hu1 niu2 zuo4 ma3
to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it; Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.

皇家马德里 皇家馬德里 huang2 jia1 ma3 de2 li3
Real Madrid (soccer team)

皇马 皇馬 huang2 ma3
Real Madrid soccer team; abbr. for 皇家馬德里|皇家马德里

回马枪 回馬槍 hui2 ma3 qiang1
sudden thrust (that catches the opponent off guard)

蓟马 薊馬 ji4 ma3
(zoology) thrips (order Thysanoptera); thunderbug

伽马辐射 伽馬輻射 jia1 ma3 fu2 she4
gamma radiation

加足马力 加足馬力 jia1 zu2 ma3 li4
to go at full throttle; (fig.) to go all out; to kick into high gear

见马克思 見馬克思 jian4 ma3 ke4 si1
to die; lit. to visit Marx; to pass away

角马 角馬 jiao3 ma3
gnu; wildebeest

金戈铁马 金戈鐵馬 jin1 ge1 tie3 ma3
very powerful army

金马奖 金馬獎 jin1 ma3 jiang3
Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards

惊马 驚馬 jing1 ma3
startled horse

拒马 拒馬 ju4 ma3
cheval de frise (a type of barrier)

君子一言，驷马难追 君子一言，駟馬難追 jun1 zi3 yi1 yan2 - si4 ma3 nan2 zhui1
a nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)

骏马 駿馬 jun4 ma3
fine horse; steed

卡尔·马克思 卡爾·馬克思 ka3 er3 - ma3 ke4 si1
Karl Marx (1818-1883), German socialist philosopher, political activist and founder of Marxism

卡拉马佐夫兄弟 卡拉馬佐夫兄弟 ka3 la1 ma3 zuo3 fu1 xiong1 di4
Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基

开足马力 開足馬力 kai1 zu2 ma3 li4
to accelerate at full power (idiom); at full speed; fig. to work as hard as possible

康马 康馬 kang1 ma3
Kangmar county, Tibetan: Khang dmar rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet

康马县 康馬縣 kang1 ma3 xian4
Kangmar county, Tibetan: Khang dmar rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet

骒马 騍馬 ke4 ma3
mare

客西马尼花园 客西馬尼花園 ke4 xi1 ma3 ni2 hua1 yuan2
Garden of Gethsemane (in the Christian passion story)

客西马尼园 客西馬尼園 ke4 xi1 ma3 ni2 yuan2
Garden of Gethsemane

快马加鞭 快馬加鞭 kuai4 ma3 jia1 bian1
to spur the horse to full speed (idiom); to go as fast as possible

拉马特甘 拉馬特甘 la1 ma3 te4 gan1
Ramat Gan, city in Israel, location of Bar-Ilan University

拉斯帕尔马斯 拉斯帕爾馬斯 la1 si1 pa4 er3 ma3 si1
Las Palmas, Spain

蓝马鸡 藍馬雞 lan2 ma3 ji1
(bird species of China) blue eared pheasant (Crossoptilon auritum)

老马恋栈 老馬戀棧 lao3 ma3 lian4 zhan4
lit. the old horse loves his stable; fig. sb old but reluctant to relinquish their post (idiom)

老马识途 老馬識途 lao3 ma3 shi2 tu2
an old horse knows the way (idiom); an experienced worker knows what to do; an old hand knows the ropes

老马嘶风 老馬嘶風 lao3 ma3 si1 feng1
old horse sniffs the wind (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations

勒马 勒馬 le4 ma3
to guide a horse with the reins; to rein in a horse

雷·罗马诺 雷·羅馬諾 lei2 - luo2 ma3 nuo4
Ray Romano (1957-), US actor and comedian

立马 立馬 li4 ma3
at once; immediately; promptly; swiftly

利马 利馬 li4 ma3
Lima, capital of Peru

利马窦 利馬竇 li4 ma3 dou4
Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China; erroneous spelling of 利瑪竇|利玛窦

利马索尔 利馬索爾 li4 ma3 suo3 er3
Limassol, Cyprus; Lemesos

良马 良馬 liang2 ma3
good horse

溜须拍马 溜鬚拍馬 liu1 xu1 pai1 ma3
to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants; to toady; boot-licking

龙马精神 龍馬精神 long2 ma3 jing1 shen2
old but still full of vitality (idiom)

龙马潭区 龍馬潭區 long2 ma3 tan2 qu1
Longmatan district of Luzhou city 瀘州市|泸州市, Sichuan

露马脚 露馬腳 lou4 ma3 jiao3
to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature; to give the game away

露出马脚 露出馬腳 lu4 chu1 ma3 jiao3
to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature; to give the game away

路遥知马力，日久见人心 路遙知馬力，日久見人心 lu4 yao2 zhi1 ma3 li4 - ri4 jiu3 jian4 ren2 xin1
just as distance determines the stamina of a horse, so does time reveal a person's true heart (proverb)

乱穿马路 亂穿馬路 luan4 chuan1 ma3 lu4
to jaywalk

罗马 羅馬 luo2 ma3
Rome, capital of Italy

骡马 騾馬 luo2 ma3
pack animal; horse and mule

骡马大车 騾馬大車 luo2 ma3 da4 che1
mule and horse carts

罗马帝国 羅馬帝國 luo2 ma3 di4 guo2
Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD)

罗马法 羅馬法 luo2 ma3 fa3
Roman law

罗马公教 羅馬公教 luo2 ma3 gong1 jiao4
Roman Catholicism

罗马化 羅馬化 luo2 ma3 hua4
romanization

罗马教廷 羅馬教廷 luo2 ma3 jiao4 ting2
the Church (as Royal Court); the Holy See; the Vatican

罗马里奥 羅馬里奧 luo2 ma3 li3 ao4
Romário

罗马尼亚 羅馬尼亞 luo2 ma3 ni2 ya4
Romania

罗马诺 羅馬諾 luo2 ma3 nuo4
Romano (name)

罗马书 羅馬書 luo2 ma3 shu1
Epistle of St Paul to the Romans

罗马数字 羅馬數字 luo2 ma3 shu4 zi4
Roman numerals

罗马字 羅馬字 luo2 ma3 zi4
the Latin alphabet

罗马字母 羅馬字母 luo2 ma3 zi4 mu3
Roman letters; Roman alphabet

骆马 駱馬 luo4 ma3
llama

落马 落馬 luo4 ma3
(lit.) to fall from a horse; (fig.) to suffer a setback; to come a cropper; to be sacked (e.g. for corruption)

落马洲 落馬洲 luo4 ma3 zhou1
Lok Ma Chau (place in Hong Kong)

驴唇不对马嘴 驢唇不對馬嘴 lv2 chun2 bu4 dui4 ma3 zui3
lit. a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (idiom); fig. beside the point; incongruous

驴唇马觜 驢脣馬觜 lv2 chun2 ma3 zi1
lit.camel's lip, horse's mouth (idiom); fig. to chatter; nonsense; blather

驴年马月 驢年馬月 lv2 nian2 ma3 yue4
see 猴年馬月|猴年马月

马鞍 馬鞍 ma3 an1
saddle

马鞍山 馬鞍山 ma3 an1 shan1
Ma'anshan prefecture level city in Anhui

马鞍山市 馬鞍山市 ma3 an1 shan1 shi4
Ma'anshan prefecture level city in Anhui

马帮 馬幫 ma3 bang1
caravan of horses carrying goods

马背 馬背 ma3 bei4
horseback

马边 馬邊 ma3 bian1
Mabian Yizu autonomous county in Sichuan

马鞭 馬鞭 ma3 bian1
horsewhip

马边县 馬邊縣 ma3 bian1 xian4
Mabian Yizu autonomous county in Leshan 樂山|乐山, Sichuan

马边彝族自治县 馬邊彞族自治縣 ma3 bian1 yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4
Mabian Yizu Autonomous County in Leshan 樂山|乐山, Sichuan

马表 馬表 ma3 biao3
stopwatch

马鳖 馬鱉 ma3 bie1
leech

马槟榔 馬檳榔 ma3 bing1 lang5
caper

马勃菌 馬勃菌 ma3 bo2 jun4
puffball (mushroom in the division Basidiomycota)

马伯乐 馬伯樂 ma3 bo2 le4
Maspero (name)

马步 馬步 ma3 bu4
horse stance (martial arts)

马布多 馬布多 ma3 bu4 duo1
Maputo, capital of Mozambique (Tw)

马不停蹄 馬不停蹄 ma3 bu4 ting2 ti2
unrelenting; without stopping to rest

马槽 馬槽 ma3 cao2
manger

马草夼 馬草夼 ma3 cao3 kuang3
Macaokuang village in Tengjia township 滕家鎮|滕家镇, Rongcheng county 榮成|荣成, Weihai 威海, Shandong

马草夼村 馬草夼村 ma3 cao3 kuang3 cun1
Macaokuang village in Tengjia township 滕家鎮|滕家镇, Rongcheng county 榮成|荣成, Weihai 威海, Shandong

马超 馬超 ma3 chao1
Ma Chao (176-222), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms

马车 馬車 ma3 che1
cart; chariot; carriage; buggy

马齿徒增 馬齒徒增 ma3 chi3 tu2 zeng1
(self-deprecating) to have grown old without accomplishing anything (idiom)

马齿苋 馬齒莧 ma3 chi3 xian4
Portulaca oleracea (common purslane)

马刺 馬刺 ma3 ci4
spur (on riding boots)

马村 馬村 ma3 cun1
Macun district of Jiaozuo city 焦作市, Henan

马村区 馬村區 ma3 cun1 qu1
Macun district of Jiaozuo city 焦作市, Henan

马褡子 馬褡子 ma3 da1 zi5
saddle-bag

马达 馬達 ma3 da2
motor (loanword)

马达加斯加 馬達加斯加 ma3 da2 jia1 si1 jia1
Madagascar

马达加斯加岛 馬達加斯加島 ma3 da2 jia1 si1 jia1 dao3
Madagascar

马大 馬大 ma3 da4
Martha (biblical name)

马大哈 馬大哈 ma3 da4 ha1
a careless person; scatterbrain; frivolous and forgetful; abbr. for 馬馬虎虎、大大咧咧、嘻嘻哈哈|马马虎虎、大大咧咧、嘻嘻哈哈

马但 馬但 ma3 dan4
Matthan, son of Eleazar and father of Jakob in Matthew 1.15

马刀 馬刀 ma3 dao1
saber; cavalry sword

马到成功 馬到成功 ma3 dao4 cheng2 gong1
to win instant success (idiom)

马德拉群岛 馬德拉群島 ma3 de2 la1 qun2 dao3
Madeira; the Madeira islands

马德拉斯 馬德拉斯 ma3 de2 la1 si1
Madras or Chennai 欽奈|钦奈, capital of Tamil Nadu on East coast of India

马德里 馬德裡 ma3 de2 li3
variant of 馬德里|马德里, Madrid

马德里 馬德里 ma3 de2 li3
Madrid, capital of Spain

马德望 馬德望 ma3 de2 wang4
Battambang

马灯 馬燈 ma3 deng1
barn lantern; kerosene lamp

马蹬 馬蹬 ma3 deng4
stirrup

马镫 馬鐙 ma3 deng4
stirrup

马店 馬店 ma3 dian4
inn that also provides facilities for visitors' horses

马丁 馬丁 ma3 ding1
Martin (name)

马丁·路德 馬丁·路德 ma3 ding1 - lu4 de2
Martin Luther (1483-1546), key figure of the Protestant Reformation

马丁·路德·金 馬丁·路德·金 ma3 ding1 - lu4 de2 - jin1
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), American clergyman and civil rights activist

马丁炉 馬丁爐 ma3 ding1 lu2
Martin furnace; open hearth furnace; open hearth

马丁尼 馬丁尼 ma3 ding1 ni2
martini (loanword)

马兜铃科 馬兜鈴科 ma3 dou1 ling2 ke1
Aristolochiaceae (birthwort family of flowering plants, including ginger)

马兜铃酸 馬兜鈴酸 ma3 dou1 ling2 suan1
aristolochic acid

马队 馬隊 ma3 dui4
cavalry; caravan of horses carrying goods

马恩岛 馬恩島 ma3 en1 dao3
Isle of Man, British Isles; Isle of Mann

马恩列斯 馬恩列斯 ma3 en1 lie4 si1
abbr. for Marx 馬克思|马克思, Engels 恩格斯, Lenin 列寧|列宁 and Stalin 斯大林

马尔堡病毒 馬爾堡病毒 ma3 er3 bao3 bing4 du2
Marburg virus

马尔贝克 馬爾貝克 ma3 er3 bei4 ke4
Malbec (grape type)

马尔代夫 馬爾代夫 ma3 er3 dai4 fu1
the Maldives

马尔地夫 馬爾地夫 ma3 er3 di4 fu1
the Maldives (Tw)

马耳东风 馬耳東風 ma3 er3 dong1 feng1
lit. the east wind blowing in a horse's ear (idiom); fig. words one pays no heed to

马尔谷 馬爾谷 ma3 er3 gu3
Mark; St Mark the evangelist; less common variant of 馬克|马克 preferred by the Catholic church

马尔贾 馬爾賈 ma3 er3 jia3
Marja (also spelled Marjah or Marjeh), agricultural district in Nad Ali District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan

马尔卡河 馬爾卡河 ma3 er3 ka3 he2
Malka River, Russia, a.k.a. Balyksu River

马尔康 馬爾康 ma3 er3 kang1
Barkam town (Tibetan: 'bar khams), capital of Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan

马尔康县 馬爾康縣 ma3 er3 kang1 xian4
Barkam county (Tibetan: 'bar khams rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan

马尔康镇 馬爾康鎮 ma3 er3 kang1 zhen4
Barkam town (Tibetan: 'bar khams), capital of Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan

马尔可夫过程 馬爾可夫過程 ma3 er3 ke3 fu1 guo4 cheng2
Markov process (mathematics)

马尔库斯 馬爾庫斯 ma3 er3 ku4 si1
Marcus (name)

马尔马拉海 馬爾馬拉海 ma3 er3 ma3 la1 hai3
Sea of Marmara

马尔默 馬爾默 ma3 er3 mo4
Malmo (Malmo city, of Sweden)

马尔斯 馬爾斯 ma3 er3 si1
Mars (Roman God of War)

马尔他 馬爾他 ma3 er3 ta1
Malta (Tw)

马耳他 馬耳他 ma3 er3 ta1
Malta

马尔他人 馬爾他人 ma3 er3 ta1 ren2
Maltese (person)

马尔他语 馬爾他語 ma3 er3 ta1 yu3
Maltese (language)

马尔维纳斯群岛 馬爾維納斯群島 ma3 er3 wei2 na4 si1 qun2 dao3
Malvinas Islands (also known as Falkland Islands)

马尔扎赫 馬爾扎赫 ma3 er3 zha1 he4
Marjah, town in Helmand province, Afghanistan

马房 馬房 ma3 fang2
horse stable

马芬 馬芬 ma3 fen1
muffin (loanword); also written 瑪芬|玛芬

马粪纸 馬糞紙 ma3 fen4 zhi3
strawboard

马蜂 馬蜂 ma3 feng1
hornet

马夫 馬伕 ma3 fu1
groom; stable lad; horsekeeper; pimp; procurer

马服君 馬服君 ma3 fu2 jun1
Ma Fujun, famous general of Zhao 趙國|赵国

马服子 馬服子 ma3 fu2 zi3
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

马噶尔尼 馬噶爾尼 ma3 ga2 er3 ni2
Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of British mission to Qing China in 1793; Paul McCartney, former Beatle

马噶尔尼使团 馬噶爾尼使團 ma3 ga2 er3 ni2 shi3 tuan2
the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793

马竿 馬竿 ma3 gan1
lasso pole; blind man's stick; white stick

马格德堡 馬格德堡 ma3 ge2 de2 bao3
Magdeburg (German city)

马革裹尸 馬革裹屍 ma3 ge2 guo3 shi1
to be buried in a horse hide (idiom); to give one's life on the battlefield

马公 馬公 ma3 gong1
Makung city in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县 (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan

马工枚速 馬工枚速 ma3 gong1 mei2 su4
Sima Xiangru is meticulous and Mei Gao is fast (idiom); to each his good points

马公市 馬公市 ma3 gong1 shi4
Makung city in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县 (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan

马褂 馬褂 ma3 gua4
buttoned mandarin jacket of the Qing dynasty 清代 (1644-1911)

马关 馬關 ma3 guan1
Maguan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州, Yunnan

马关条约 馬關條約 ma3 guan1 tiao2 yue1
Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895), concluding the First Sino-Japanese War 甲午戰爭|甲午战争

马关县 馬關縣 ma3 guan1 xian4
Maguan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州, Yunnan

马国 馬國 ma3 guo2
Malaysia

马哈迪 馬哈迪 ma3 ha1 di2
Mahathir bin Mohamad

马哈拉施特拉邦 馬哈拉施特拉邦 ma3 ha1 la1 shi1 te4 la1 bang1
Maharashtra (state in India)

马海毛 馬海毛 ma3 hai3 mao2
mohair (loanword)

马航 馬航 ma3 hang2
Malaysia Airlines

马赫 馬赫 ma3 he4
Mach (name); Ernst Mach (1838-1916), German physicist; Mach (aeronautics), unit of speed based on speed of sound = 1 Mach = 1224 km per hr

马赫数 馬赫數 ma3 he4 shu4
Mach number, multiples of speed of sound used as unit in aeronautics, with 1 Mach = 1224 km per hr

马后炮 馬後炮 ma3 hou4 pao4
lit. firing after the horse; fig. belated action; giving advice in hindsight

马后炮 馬後砲 ma3 hou4 pao4
lit. firing after the horse; fig. belated action; giving advice in hindsight

马虎 馬虎 ma3 hu5
careless; sloppy; negligent; skimpy

马糊 馬糊 ma3 hu5
variant of 馬虎|马虎

马蛔虫 馬蛔蟲 ma3 hui2 chong2
horse roundworm; parascaris equorum

马家军 馬家軍 ma3 jia1 jun1
the Ma clique of warlords in Gansu and Ningxia during the 1930s and 1940s

马戛尔尼 馬戛爾尼 ma3 jia2 er3 ni2
Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of British mission to Qing China in 1793; Paul McCartney, former Beatle

马戛尔尼使团 馬戛爾尼使團 ma3 jia2 er3 ni2 shi3 tuan2
the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793

马甲 馬甲 ma3 jia3
corset; sockpuppet (Internet slang); vest (dialect)

马鲛鱼 馬鮫魚 ma3 jiao1 yu2
Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius)

马脚 馬腳 ma3 jiao3
sth one wishes to conceal; the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag")

马经 馬經 ma3 jing1
form (horse racing)

马厩 馬廄 ma3 jiu4
stable

马驹 馬駒 ma3 ju1
young horse (colt or filly)

马驹子 馬駒子 ma3 ju1 zi5
see 馬駒|马驹

马具 馬具 ma3 ju4
harness

马圈 馬圈 ma3 juan4
stable

马俊仁 馬俊仁 ma3 jun4 ren2
Ma Junren (1944-), Chinese track coach

马卡龙 馬卡龍 ma3 ka3 long2
macaron, French pastry with a soft filling sandwiched between the meringue-based cookie shells (loanword)

马科 馬科 ma3 ke1
Equidae; horse family

马可·奥勒留 馬可·奧勒留 ma3 ke3 - ao4 lei1 liu2
Marcus Aurelius (121-180), Roman Emperor

马可波罗 馬可波羅 ma3 ke3 bo1 luo2
Marco Polo (1254-c. 1324), Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk road to China, author of Il Milione (Travels of Marco Polo)

马可福音 馬可福音 ma3 ke3 fu2 yin1
Gospel according to St Mark

马可尼 馬可尼 ma3 ke3 ni2
Marconi, UK electronics company

马克 馬克 ma3 ke4
Mark (name)

马克·吐温 馬克·吐溫 ma3 ke4 - tu3 wen1
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

马克杯 馬克杯 ma3 ke4 bei1
mug (loanword)

马克笔 馬克筆 ma3 ke4 bi3
marker (loanword); felt marker

马克宏 馬克宏 ma3 ke4 hong2
Emmanuel Macron (1977-), president of France from 2017

马克沁 馬克沁 ma3 ke4 qin4
Sir Hiram Maxim (1840-1916), American British inventor of the Maxim machine gun

马克沁机枪 馬克沁機槍 ma3 ke4 qin4 ji1 qiang1
Maxim machine gun

马克思 馬克思 ma3 ke4 si1
Marx (name)

马克思·列宁主义 馬克思·列寧主義 ma3 ke4 si1 - lie4 ning2 zhu3 yi4
Marxism-Leninism

马克斯·普朗克 馬克斯·普朗克 ma3 ke4 si1 - pu3 lang3 ke4
Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist who first postulated quantization of energy

马克斯威尔 馬克斯威爾 ma3 ke4 si1 wei1 er3
James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)

马克思主义 馬克思主義 ma3 ke4 si1 zhu3 yi4
Marxism

马克西米连 馬克西米連 ma3 ke4 xi1 mi3 lian2
Maximilian or Maximilien (name)

马口铁 馬口鐵 ma3 kou3 tie3
tinplate; tin (tin-coated steel)

马库色 馬庫色 ma3 ku4 se4
Marcuse (philosopher)

马拉 馬拉 ma3 la1
Marat (name); Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), Swiss scientist and physician

马拉博 馬拉博 ma3 la1 bo2
Malabo, capital of Equatorial Guinea

马拉地 馬拉地 ma3 la1 di4
Marathi language of west India

马拉地语 馬拉地語 ma3 la1 di4 yu3
Marathi language of west India

马拉多纳 馬拉多納 ma3 la1 duo1 na4
Diego Maradona (1960-), Argentine footballer

马拉糕 馬拉糕 ma3 la1 gao1
Cantonese sponge cake also known as mara cake

马拉加 馬拉加 ma3 la1 jia1
Málaga, Spain; Malaga city in Iranian East Azerbaijan

马拉喀什 馬拉喀什 ma3 la1 ka1 shi2
Marrakech (city in Morocco)

马拉开波 馬拉開波 ma3 la1 kai1 bo1
Maracaibo, Venezuela

马拉松 馬拉松 ma3 la1 song1
marathon (loanword)

马拉松赛 馬拉松賽 ma3 la1 song1 sai4
marathon race

马拉威 馬拉威 ma3 la1 wei1
Malawi (Tw)

马拉维 馬拉維 ma3 la1 wei2
Malawi

马来 馬來 ma3 lai2
Malaya; Malaysia

马来半岛 馬來半島 ma3 lai2 ban4 dao3
Malay Peninsula (possibly including Indonesia until 1945)

马来鸻 馬來鴴 ma3 lai2 heng2
(bird species of China) Malaysian plover (Charadrius peronii)

马来人 馬來人 ma3 lai2 ren2
Malay person or people

马来文 馬來文 ma3 lai2 wen2
Malaysian language

马来西亚 馬來西亞 ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4
Malaysia

马来西亚人 馬來西亞人 ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4 ren2
Malaysian person or people

马来西亚语 馬來西亞語 ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4 yu3
Malaysian (language)

马来亚 馬來亞 ma3 lai2 ya4
Malaya

马来语 馬來語 ma3 lai2 yu3
Malaysian language

马兰 馬蘭 ma3 lan2
Malan military base and atomic test site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang

马兰花 馬蘭花 ma3 lan2 hua1
iris; Iris tectorum

马兰基地 馬蘭基地 ma3 lan2 ji1 di4
Malan military base and atomic test site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang

马勒 馬勒 ma3 le4
Mahler (name); Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Austrian composer

马累 馬累 ma3 lei4
Malé, capital of Maldives

马里 馬里 ma3 li3
Mali

马里奥 馬里奧 ma3 li3 ao4
Mario (name)

马里博尔 馬里博爾 ma3 li3 bo2 er3
Maribor, 2nd biggest city in Slovenia

马里兰 馬里蘭 ma3 li3 lan2
Maryland, US state

马里兰州 馬里蘭州 ma3 li3 lan2 zhou1
Maryland, US state

马里亚纳海沟 馬里亞納海溝 ma3 li3 ya4 na4 hai3 gou1
Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench)

马里亚纳群岛 馬里亞納群島 ma3 li3 ya4 na4 qun2 dao3
Mariana islands in Pacific

马力 馬力 ma3 li4
horsepower

马利 馬利 ma3 li4
Mali (Tw)

马利基 馬利基 ma3 li4 ji1
Maliki or Al-Maliki (name); Nouri Kamel al-Maliki (1950-) prime minister of Iraq from 2006

马利筋 馬利筋 ma3 li4 jin1
tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica)

马利亚 馬利亞 ma3 li4 ya4
Maria (name); Mary, mother of Jesus Christ

马利亚纳海沟 馬利亞納海溝 ma3 li4 ya4 na4 hai3 gou1
Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench)

马利亚纳群岛 馬利亞納群島 ma3 li4 ya4 na4 qun2 dao3
Mariana Islands in Pacific

马连良 馬連良 ma3 lian2 liang2
Ma Lianliang (1901-1966), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生

马良 馬良 ma3 liang2
Ma Liang (Three Kingdoms)

马列 馬列 ma3 lie4
Marx and Lenin

马列主义 馬列主義 ma3 lie4 zhu3 yi4
Marxism-Leninism

马铃薯 馬鈴薯 ma3 ling2 shu3
potato

马铃薯泥 馬鈴薯泥 ma3 ling2 shu3 ni2
mashed potato

马骝 馬騮 ma3 liu2
monkey (dialect); little monkey (affectionate term for children, subordinates)

马六甲 馬六甲 ma3 liu4 jia3
Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra

马六甲海峡 馬六甲海峽 ma3 liu4 jia3 hai3 xia2
the Strait of Malacca or Melaka

马龙 馬龍 ma3 long2
Malong county in Qujing 曲靖, Yunnan

马龙县 馬龍縣 ma3 long2 xian4
Malong county in Qujing 曲靖, Yunnan

马路 馬路 ma3 lu4
street; road

马鹿 馬鹿 ma3 lu4
red deer; fool; idiot (Japanese 'baka')

马路口 馬路口 ma3 lu4 kou3
intersection (of roads)

马路牙子 馬路牙子 ma3 lu4 ya2 zi5
curb

马路沿儿 馬路沿兒 ma3 lu4 yan2 er5
roadside; edge of the road

马鹿易形 馬鹿易形 ma3 lu4 yi4 xing2
to distinguish horse and deer easily; to know right from wrong

马骡 馬騾 ma3 luo2
mule

马洛 馬洛 ma3 luo4
Marlow (name)

马略卡 馬略卡 ma3 lve4 ka3
Majorca (island of Spain)

马麻 馬麻 ma3 ma2
mommy

马马虎虎 馬馬虎虎 ma3 ma5 hu1 hu1
careless; casual; vague; not so bad; so-so; tolerable; fair

马面 馬面 ma3 mian4
Horse-Face, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology

马穆楚 馬穆楚 ma3 mu4 chu3
Mamoudzou, capital of Mayotte

马拿瓜 馬拿瓜 ma3 na2 gua1
Managua, capital of Nicaragua (Tw)

马那瓜 馬那瓜 ma3 na4 gua1
Managua, capital of Nicaragua

马纳马 馬納馬 ma3 na4 ma3
Manama, capital of Bahrain

马奶酒 馬奶酒 ma3 nai3 jiu3
kumis; horse milk wine

马南邨 馬南邨 ma3 nan2 cun1
Ma Nancun (1912-1966), pen name of Deng Tuo 鄧拓|邓拓

马瑙斯 馬瑙斯 ma3 nao3 si1
Manaus (city in Brazil)

马尼拉 馬尼拉 ma3 ni2 la1
Manila, capital of Philippines

马尼拉大学 馬尼拉大學 ma3 ni2 la1 da4 xue2
University of Manila

马尼托巴 馬尼托巴 ma3 ni2 tuo1 ba1
Manitoba province, Canada

马年 馬年 ma3 nian2
Year of the Horse (e.g. 2002)

马趴 馬趴 ma3 pa1
face-plant

马匹 馬匹 ma3 pi3
horse

马屁 馬屁 ma3 pi4
horse hindquarters; flattery; boot-licking

马屁精 馬屁精 ma3 pi4 jing1
toady; boot-licker

马普托 馬普托 ma3 pu3 tuo1
Maputo, capital of Mozambique

马其顿 馬其頓 ma3 qi2 dun4
Macedonia

马其顿共和国 馬其頓共和國 ma3 qi2 dun4 gong4 he2 guo2
Republic of Macedonia (former Yugoslav republic)

马前卒 馬前卒 ma3 qian2 zu2
lackey; errand boy; lit. runner before a carriage

马枪 馬槍 ma3 qiang1
carbine; lance

马丘比丘 馬丘比丘 ma3 qiu1 bi3 qiu1
Machu Picchu

马球 馬球 ma3 qiu2
polo

马群 馬群 ma3 qun2
herd of horses

马荣 馬榮 ma3 rong2
Mayon (volcano in Philippines)

马萨诸塞 馬薩諸塞 ma3 sa4 zhu1 sai4
Massachusetts, US state

马萨诸塞州 馬薩諸塞州 ma3 sa4 zhu1 sai4 zhou1
Massachusetts, US state

马赛 馬賽 ma3 sai4
Marseille, city in south France; Basay, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan

马赛克 馬賽克 ma3 sai4 ke4
mosaic (loanword)

马塞卢 馬塞盧 ma3 sai4 lu2
Maseru, capital of Lesotho

马赛曲 馬賽曲 ma3 sai4 qu3
La Marseillaise

马赛族 馬賽族 ma3 sai4 zu2
Basay, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan; Maasai people of Kenya

马三家 馬三家 ma3 san1 jia1
Masanjia town in Yuhong District 于洪區|于洪区 in Liaoning, known for its labor camp where Falun Gong practitioners etc are believed to have been detained and tortured

马三立 馬三立 ma3 san1 li4
Ma Sanli (1914-2003), Chinese comedian

马莎 馬莎 ma3 sha1
Marks and Spencers, UK retail chain; Martha (name)

马杀鸡 馬殺雞 ma3 sha1 ji1
massage (loanword)

马山 馬山 ma3 shan1
Mashan county in Nanning 南寧|南宁, Guangxi

马山县 馬山縣 ma3 shan1 xian4
Mashan county in Nanning 南寧|南宁, Guangxi

马上 馬上 ma3 shang4
at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force)

马上比武 馬上比武 ma3 shang4 bi3 wu3
tournament (contest in Western chivalry); jousting

马勺 馬勺 ma3 shao2
wooden ladle

马绍尔群岛 馬紹爾群島 ma3 shao4 er3 qun2 dao3
Marshall Islands

马失前蹄 馬失前蹄 ma3 shi1 qian2 ti2
lit. the horse loses its front hooves; fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness

马氏管 馬氏管 ma3 shi4 guan3
Malpighian tubule system (in the insect digestive tract etc)

马氏珍珠贝 馬氏珍珠貝 ma3 shi4 zhen1 zhu1 bei4
pearl oyster (genus Pinctada)

马首是瞻 馬首是瞻 ma3 shou3 shi4 zhan1
to follow blindly (idiom); to take as one's only guide

马术 馬術 ma3 shu4
equestrianism; horsemanship

马斯垂克 馬斯垂剋 ma3 si1 chui2 ke4
Maastricht (Netherlands)

马斯河 馬斯河 ma3 si1 he2
Maas or Meuse River, Western Europe

马斯喀特 馬斯喀特 ma3 si1 ka1 te4
Muscat, capital of Oman

马斯洛 馬斯洛 ma3 si1 luo4
Maslow (surname); Abraham Maslow (1908-1970), US psychologist

马斯内 馬斯內 ma3 si1 nei4
Jules Massenet (1842-1912), French composer

马斯特里赫特 馬斯特里赫特 ma3 si1 te4 li3 he4 te4
Maastricht

马苏德 馬蘇德 ma3 su1 de2
Massoud (name); Ahmed Shah Massoud (1953-2001), Tajik Afghan engineer, military man and anti-Taleban leader

马苏里拉 馬蘇里拉 ma3 su1 li3 la1
mozzarella (loanword)

马太 馬太 ma3 tai4
Matthew (name)

马太福音 馬太福音 ma3 tai4 fu2 yin1
Gospel according to St Matthew

马太沟 馬太溝 ma3 tai4 gou1
Mataigou town in Pingluo county 平羅縣|平罗县, Shizuishan 石嘴山, Ningxia

马太沟镇 馬太溝鎮 ma3 tai4 gou1 zhen4
Mataigou town in Pingluo county 平羅縣|平罗县, Shizuishan 石嘴山, Ningxia

马蹄 馬蹄 ma3 ti2
horse's hoof; horseshoe; Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta)

马蹄莲 馬蹄蓮 ma3 ti2 lian2
calla; calla lily

马提尼克 馬提尼克 ma3 ti2 ni2 ke4
Martinique (French Caribbean island)

马蹄铁 馬蹄鐵 ma3 ti2 tie3
horseshoe

马蹄蟹 馬蹄蟹 ma3 ti2 xie4
horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus)

马蹄星云 馬蹄星雲 ma3 ti2 xing1 yun2
Omega or Horseshoe Nebula M17

马蹄形 馬蹄形 ma3 ti2 xing2
horseshoe shape

马天尼 馬天尼 ma3 tian1 ni2
Martini

马桶 馬桶 ma3 tong3
chamber pot; wooden pan used as toilet; toilet bowl

马桶拔 馬桶拔 ma3 tong3 ba2
plunger for unblocking toilet

马头 馬頭 ma3 tou2
horse's head; same as 碼頭|码头, pier

马头琴 馬頭琴 ma3 tou2 qin2
morin khuur (Mongolian bowed stringed instrument)

马头星云 馬頭星雲 ma3 tou2 xing1 yun2
the Horse's Head nebula

马托格罗索 馬託格羅索 ma3 tuo1 ge2 luo2 suo3
Mato Grosso, western province of Brazil

马王堆 馬王堆 ma3 wang2 dui1
Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan, a recent Han dynasty archaeological site

马尾 馬尾 ma3 wei3
ponytail (hairstyle); horse's tail; slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various plants)

马尾 馬尾 ma3 wei3
Mawei district of Fuzhou city 福州市, Fujian

马尾辫 馬尾辮 ma3 wei3 bian4
ponytail

马尾穿豆腐，提不起来 馬尾穿豆腐，提不起來 ma3 wei3 chuan1 dou4 fu5 - ti2 bu5 qi3 lai5
lit. like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it; fig. let's not talk of this (pun on 提)

马尾港 馬尾港 ma3 wei3 gang3
Mawei harbor, the harbor of Fuzhou city

马尾军港 馬尾軍港 ma3 wei3 jun1 gang3
Mawei naval base at Fuzhou city (in Qing times)

马尾区 馬尾區 ma3 wei3 qu1
Mawei district of Fuzhou city 福州市, Fujian

马尾水 馬尾水 ma3 wei3 shui3
Mawei river through Fuzhou city

马尾水师学堂 馬尾水師學堂 ma3 wei3 shui3 shi1 xue2 tang2
Mawei River naval college, alternative name for Fuzhou naval college 福州船政學堂|福州船政学堂, set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty

马尾松 馬尾松 ma3 wei3 song1
Masson pine (Pinus massoniana, Chinese red pine, horsetail pine)

马无夜草不肥，人无外快不富 馬無夜草不肥，人無外快不富 ma3 wu2 ye4 cao3 bu4 fei2 - ren2 wu2 wai4 kuai4 bu4 fu4
a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom)

马戏 馬戲 ma3 xi4
circus

马戏团 馬戲團 ma3 xi4 tuan2
circus

马衔 馬銜 ma3 xian2
bit; mouthpiece

马歇尔 馬歇爾 ma3 xie1 er3
Marshall (name); George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959), US general in WWII and Secretary of State 1947-1949, author of the postwar Marshall plan for Europe and Nobel peace laureate

马熊 馬熊 ma3 xiong2
brown bear

马雅 馬雅 ma3 ya3
Maya (civilization of central America)

马雅可夫斯基 馬雅可夫斯基 ma3 ya3 ke3 fu1 si1 ji1
Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930), Russian poet and dramatist

马约卡 馬約卡 ma3 yao1 ka3
Majorca (island of Spain)

马缨丹 馬纓丹 ma3 ying1 dan1
lantana (botany)

马缨花 馬纓花 ma3 ying1 hua1
Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin); tree rhododendron (Rhododendron delavayi)

马英九 馬英九 ma3 ying1 jiu3
Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, President of Republic of China 2008-2016

马友友 馬友友 ma3 you3 you3
Yo-Yo Ma (1955-), French-Chinese-American cellist

马约特 馬約特 ma3 yue1 te4
Mayotte, island between NW Madagascar and Mozambique

马仔 馬仔 ma3 zai3
henchman; gang member

马贼 馬賊 ma3 zei2
horse thief; (old) group of horse-mounted bandits

马扎尔 馬扎爾 ma3 zha1 er3
Magyar; Hungarian

马扎尔语 馬扎爾語 ma3 zha1 er3 yu3
Magyar (language); Hungarian

马占 馬占 ma3 zhan4
(dialect) merchant (loanword)

马致远 馬致遠 ma3 zhi4 yuan3
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

马中锡 馬中錫 ma3 zhong1 xi1
Ma Zhongxi, Ming writer (1446-1512), author of the fable 中山狼传 of Mr Dongguo and the ungrateful Wolf

马朱罗 馬朱羅 ma3 zhu1 luo2
Majuro, capital of Marshall Islands

马子 馬子 ma3 zi3
(slang) girl; chick; babe

马自达 馬自達 ma3 zi4 da2
Mazda, Japanese car make (derived from name Matsuda 松田); also known as 萬事得|万事得

马子 馬子 ma3 zi5
bandit; brigand; gambling chip; see 馬桶|马桶

马祖 馬祖 ma3 zu3
Matsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan

马祖列岛 馬祖列島 ma3 zu3 lie4 dao3
Matsu Islands

蒙哥马利 蒙哥馬利 meng2 ge1 ma3 li4
Bernard Montgomery (Montie) (1887-1976), Second World War British field marshal; Montgomery or Montgomerie (surname)

迷离马虎 迷離馬虎 mi2 li2 ma3 hu5
muddle-headed

莫塔马湾 莫塔馬灣 mo4 ta3 ma3 wan1
Gulf of Martaban, Myanmar (Burma)

木马 木馬 mu4 ma3
wooden horse; rocking horse; vaulting horse (gymnastics); trojan horse (computing)

木马病毒 木馬病毒 mu4 ma3 bing4 du2
Trojan horse (type of computer virus)

木马计 木馬計 mu4 ma3 ji4
wooden horse stratagem (cf Trojan horse)

牧马人 牧馬人 mu4 ma3 ren2
herdsman (of horses); wrangler

牛马 牛馬 niu2 ma3
oxen and horses; beasts of burden

牛年马月 牛年馬月 niu2 nian2 ma3 yue4
see 猴年馬月|猴年马月

牛溲马勃 牛溲馬勃 niu2 sou1 ma3 bo2
cow's piss, horse's ulcer (idiom); worthless nonsense; insignificant

牛头不对马嘴 牛頭不對馬嘴 niu2 tou2 bu4 dui4 ma3 zui3
see 驢唇不對馬嘴|驴唇不对马嘴

驽马恋栈 駑馬戀棧 nu2 ma3 lian4 zhan4
an incompetent man clings to a good position (idiom)

驽马恋栈豆 駑馬戀棧豆 nu2 ma3 lian4 zhan4 dou4
see 駑馬戀棧|驽马恋栈

欧巴马 歐巴馬 ou1 ba1 ma3
Taiwanese variant of 奧巴馬|奥巴马, Barack Obama (1961-), US Democrat politician, president 2009-2017

帕拉马里博 帕拉馬里博 pa4 la1 ma3 li3 bo2
Paramaribo, capital of Suriname

帕马森 帕馬森 pa4 ma3 sen1
Parmesan

拍马 拍馬 pai1 ma3
to urge on a horse by patting its bottom; fig. to encourage; same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady

拍马屁 拍馬屁 pai1 ma3 pi4
to flatter; to fawn on; to butter sb up; toadying; boot-licking

拍马者 拍馬者 pai1 ma3 zhe3
flatterer; toady

跑马 跑馬 pao3 ma3
horse race; to ride a horse at a fast pace; wet dream

跑马地 跑馬地 pao3 ma3 di4
Happy Valley (suburb of Hong Kong)

跑马圈地 跑馬圈地 pao3 ma3 quan1 di4
rushing to stake one's claim in new markets

跑马山 跑馬山 pao3 ma3 shan1
Paoma Mountain in Kangding 康定, Sichuan

跑马厅 跑馬廳 pao3 ma3 ting1
horse racing track; racetrack

匹马力 匹馬力 pi3 ma3 li4
horsepower

普氏野马 普氏野馬 pu3 shi4 ye3 ma3
Przevalski horse (Equus przewalskii) wild horse of Central Asia first identified in 1881 by Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski 普爾熱瓦爾斯基|普尔热瓦尔斯基

骑马 騎馬 qi2 ma3
to ride a horse

骑马者 騎馬者 qi2 ma3 zhe3
horseman; rider; mounted soldier

乞力马扎罗山 乞力馬扎羅山 qi3 li4 ma3 zha1 luo2 shan1
Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

千军万马 千軍萬馬 qian1 jun1 wan4 ma3
magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower; all the King's horses and all the King's men

千里马 千里馬 qian1 li3 ma3
lit. ten thousand mile horse; fine steed

千里马常有，而伯乐不常有 千里馬常有，而伯樂不常有 qian1 li3 ma3 chang2 you3 - er2 bo2 le4 bu4 chang2 you3
lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (idiom); fig. many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it

牵马到河易，强马饮水难 牽馬到河易，強馬飲水難 qian1 ma3 dao4 he2 yi4 - qiang3 ma3 yin3 shui3 nan2
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. (idiom)

钳马衔枚 鉗馬銜枚 qian2 ma3 xian2 mei2
with horses and soldiers gagged (idiom); (of a marching army) in utter silence

青马大桥 青馬大橋 qing1 ma3 da4 qiao2
Tsing Ma bridge (to Hong Kong airport)

青梅竹马 青梅竹馬 qing1 mei2 zhu2 ma3
lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom); fig. innocent children's games; childhood sweethearts; a couple who grew up as childhood friends

轻裘肥马 輕裘肥馬 qing1 qiu2 fei2 ma3
lit. light furs and stout horses; fig. to live in luxury

群马县 群馬縣 qun2 ma3 xian4
Gumma prefecture in northern Japan

人高马大 人高馬大 ren2 gao1 ma3 da4
tall and strong

人喊马嘶 人喊馬嘶 ren2 han3 ma3 si1
lit. people shouting and horses neighing (idiom); fig. tumultuous; hubbub

人困马乏 人困馬乏 ren2 kun4 ma3 fa2
riders tired and horses weary; worn out; exhausted; spent; fatigued

人马 人馬 ren2 ma3
men and horses; troops; group of people; troop; staff; centaur

人马臂 人馬臂 ren2 ma3 bi4
Sagittarius spiral arm (of our galaxy)

人马座 人馬座 ren2 ma3 zuo4
Sagittarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

人头马 人頭馬 ren2 tou2 ma3
Rémy Martin cognac

人仰马翻 人仰馬翻 ren2 yang3 ma3 fan1
to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom); in a pitiful state; in a complete mess; to roll (with laughter)

人有失手，马有失蹄 人有失手，馬有失蹄 ren2 you3 shi1 shou3 - ma3 you3 shi1 ti2
lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom); fig. everyone makes mistakes; even the best fall down sometimes

戎马 戎馬 rong2 ma3
military horse; by extension, military matters

戎马生涯 戎馬生涯 rong2 ma3 sheng1 ya2
army life (idiom); the experience of war

撒马尔干 撒馬爾幹 sa3 ma3 er3 gan4
Samarkand, city in Uzbekistan; also written 撒馬爾罕|撒马尔罕

撒马尔罕 撒馬爾罕 sa3 ma3 er3 han3
Samarkand, city in Uzbekistan

萨马兰奇 薩馬蘭奇 sa4 ma3 lan2 qi2
Juan Antonio Samaranch (1920-), Spanish Olympic official, President of International Olympic Committee 1980-2001

萨其马 薩其馬 sa4 qi2 ma3
see 沙琪瑪|沙琪玛

赛马 賽馬 sai4 ma3
horse race; horse racing

赛马场 賽馬場 sai4 ma3 chang3
race course; race ground; race track

赛马会 賽馬會 sai4 ma3 hui4
the Jockey Club, Hong Kong philanthropic organization (and former gentleman's club)

塞翁失马 塞翁失馬 sai4 weng1 shi1 ma3
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise; it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

塞翁失马安知非福 塞翁失馬安知非福 sai4 weng1 shi1 ma3 an1 zhi1 fei1 fu2
the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise; it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good; also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福

塞翁失马焉知非福 塞翁失馬焉知非福 sai4 weng1 shi1 ma3 yan1 zhi1 fei1 fu2
the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise; it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

三驾马车 三駕馬車 san1 jia4 ma3 che1
troika

三马同槽 三馬同槽 san1 ma3 tong2 cao2
three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿 and his two sons); conspirators under the same roof

杀马特 殺馬特 sha1 ma3 te4
Chinese subculture of young urban migrants, usually of low education, with exaggerated hairstyles, heavy make-up, flamboyant costumes, piercings etc (loanword from "smart")

上马 上馬 shang4 ma3
to get on a horse; to mount

舍得一身剐，敢把皇帝拉下马 捨得一身剮，敢把皇帝拉下馬 she3 de5 yi1 shen1 gua3 - gan3 ba3 huang2 di4 la1 xia4 ma3
one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb); to a fearless person, no fence is high enough

身高马大 身高馬大 shen1 gao1 ma3 da4
tall; huge

神马 神馬 shen2 ma3
mythical horse; Internet slang for 什麼|什么

神圣罗马帝国 神聖羅馬帝國 shen2 sheng4 luo2 ma3 di4 guo2
the Holy Roman Empire (history)

圣马利诺 聖馬利諾 sheng4 ma3 li4 nuo4
San Marino (Tw)

圣马力诺 聖馬力諾 sheng4 ma3 li4 nuo4
San Marino

圣马洛 聖馬洛 sheng4 ma3 luo4
St Malo, town in Normandy

识途老马 識途老馬 shi2 tu2 lao3 ma3
lit. an old horse knows the way home (idiom); fig. in difficulty, trust an experience colleague

舒马赫 舒馬赫 shu1 ma3 he4
Michael Schumacher (1969-), former German racing driver

水马 水馬 shui3 ma3
water-filled barrier

司马 司馬 si1 ma3
Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states); two-character surname Sima

司马承帧 司馬承幀 si1 ma3 cheng2 zhen1
Sima Chengzhen (655-735), Daoist priest in Tang dynasty

司马法 司馬法 si1 ma3 fa3
“Methods of Sima”, also called “Sima Rangju’s Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书, written by Sima Rangju 司馬穰苴|司马穰苴

司马光 司馬光 si1 ma3 guang1
Sima Guang (1019-1086), politician and historian of Northern Song, author of Comprehensive Mirror for aid in Government 資治通鑒|资治通鉴

司马辽太郎 司馬遼太郎 si1 ma3 liao2 tai4 lang2
SHIBA Ryotarō (1923-1996), Japanese author of historical novels

司马迁 司馬遷 si1 ma3 qian1
Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记, known as the father of Chinese historiography

司马穰苴 司馬穰苴 si1 ma3 rang2 ju1
Sima Rangju (c. 800 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), military strategist of the Qi State 齊國|齐国 and author of “Methods of Sima” 司馬法|司马法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书

司马谈 司馬談 si1 ma3 tan2
Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷|司马迁

司马炎 司馬炎 si1 ma3 yan2
Sima Yan (236-290), founding emperor of Jin dynasty 晋 after the Three Kingdoms period, reigned 265-290 as Emperor Wu of Jin 晉武帝

司马懿 司馬懿 si1 ma3 yi4
Sima Yi (179-251), warlord under Cao Cao and subsequently founder of the Jin dynasty

司马昭 司馬昭 si1 ma3 zhao1
Sima Zhao (211-265), military general and statesman of Cao Wei 曹魏

司马昭之心路人皆知 司馬昭之心路人皆知 si1 ma3 zhao1 zhi1 xin1 lu4 ren2 jie1 zhi1
lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom); fig. an open secret

死马当活马医 死馬當活馬醫 si3 ma3 dang4 huo2 ma3 yi1
lit. to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom); fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation

四轮马车 四輪馬車 si4 lun2 ma3 che1
chariot

索马里 索馬裡 suo3 ma3 li3
variant of 索馬里|索马里; Somalia

索马里 索馬里 suo3 ma3 li3
Somalia

索马里亚 索馬里亞 suo3 ma3 li3 ya4
variant of 索馬利亞|索马利亚

索马利 索馬利 suo3 ma3 li4
variant of 索馬里|索马里

索马利亚 索馬利亞 suo3 ma3 li4 ya4
Somalia (Tw)

塔克拉马干 塔克拉馬干 ta3 ke4 la1 ma3 gan1
Taklamakan (desert)

台北金马影展 台北金馬影展 tai2 bei3 jin1 ma3 ying3 zhan3
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival

探马 探馬 tan4 ma3
mounted scout (arch.)

套马 套馬 tao4 ma3
to harness a horse; to lasso a horse

套马杆 套馬桿 tao4 ma3 gan3
lasso on long wooden pole

特洛伊木马 特洛伊木馬 te4 luo4 yi1 mu4 ma3
Trojan horse

踢马刺 踢馬刺 ti1 ma3 ci4
horse spur

天马行空 天馬行空 tian1 ma3 xing2 kong1
like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom); (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative; unconstrained in style

田忌赛马 田忌賽馬 tian2 ji4 sai4 ma3
Tian Ji races his horses (and accepts one loss in order to ensure two wins) (idiom)

条条大路通罗马 條條大路通羅馬 tiao2 tiao2 da4 lu4 tong1 luo2 ma3
all roads lead to Rome; use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)

跳马 跳馬 tiao4 ma3
vault (gymnastics)

铁马 鐵馬 tie3 ma3
armored horse; cavalry; metal chimes hanging from eaves; steel barricade; (Tw) bike

捅马蜂窝 捅馬蜂窩 tong3 ma3 feng1 wo1
to poke through a hornets' nest; to attack a difficult task resolutely

土牛木马 土牛木馬 tu3 niu2 mu4 ma3
clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance; worthless object

脱缰之马 脫韁之馬 tuo1 jiang1 zhi1 ma3
lit. a horse that has thrown off the reins (idiom); runaway horse; out of control

托马斯 托馬斯 tuo1 ma3 si1
Thomas (male name)

托马斯·阿奎纳 托馬斯·阿奎納 tuo1 ma3 si1 - a1 kui2 na4
Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition

托马斯·哈代 托馬斯·哈代 tuo1 ma3 si1 - ha1 dai4
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), English author

托马斯·斯特恩斯·艾略特 托馬斯·斯特恩斯·艾略特 tuo1 ma3 si1 - si4 te4 en1 si1 - ai4 lve4 te4
T. S. Eliot (1888-1965), English poet

驮马 馱馬 tuo2 ma3
pack horse

万马奔腾 萬馬奔騰 wan4 ma3 ben1 teng2
lit. ten thousand stampeding horses (idiom); fig. with great momentum; going full speed ahead

万马齐喑 萬馬齊喑 wan4 ma3 qi2 yin1
thousands of horses, all mute (idiom); no-one dares to speak out; an atmosphere of political oppression

危地马拉 危地馬拉 wei1 di4 ma3 la1
Guatemala; see also 瓜地馬拉|瓜地马拉

危地马拉人 危地馬拉人 wei1 di4 ma3 la1 ren2
Guatemalan (person)

委内瑞拉马脑炎病毒 委內瑞拉馬腦炎病毒 wei3 nei4 rui4 la1 ma3 nao3 yan2 bing4 du2
Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) virus

倭马亚王朝 倭馬亞王朝 wo1 ma3 ya4 wang2 chao2
Umayyad Empire (661-750, in Iberia -1031), successor of the Rashidun caliphate

乌马河 烏馬河 wu1 ma3 he2
Wumahe district of Yichun city 伊春市, Heilongjiang

乌马河区 烏馬河區 wu1 ma3 he2 qu1
Wumahe district of Yichun city 伊春市, Heilongjiang

午马 午馬 wu3 ma3
Year 7, year of the Horse (e.g. 2002)

西方马脑炎病毒 西方馬腦炎病毒 xi1 fang1 ma3 nao3 yan2 bing4 du2
western equine encephalitis (WEE) virus

西格马 西格馬 xi1 ge2 ma3
sigma (Greek letter Σσ)

希夏邦马峰 希夏邦馬峰 xi1 xia4 bang1 ma3 feng1
Mt Shishapangma or Xixiabangma in Tibet (8012 m)

喜马拉雅 喜馬拉雅 xi3 ma3 la1 ya3
the Himalayas

喜马拉雅山 喜馬拉雅山 xi3 ma3 la1 ya3 shan1
Himalayas

喜马拉雅山脉 喜馬拉雅山脈 xi3 ma3 la1 ya3 shan1 mai4
Himalayas

夏洛特阿马利亚 夏洛特阿馬利亞 xia4 luo4 te4 a1 ma3 li4 ya4
Charlotte Amalie, capital of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI)

下马 下馬 xia4 ma3
to dismount from a horse; (fig.) to abandon (a project)

下马威 下馬威 xia4 ma3 wei1
display of severity immediately on taking office; (fig.) initial show of strength

洗马 洗馬 xian3 ma3
(official title) herald to the crown prince (in imperial China)

香车宝马 香車寶馬 xiang1 che1 bao3 ma3
magnificent carriage and precious horses (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle; ostentatious display of luxury

小马 小馬 xiao3 ma3
colt; pony

小马座 小馬座 xiao3 ma3 zuo4
Equuleus (constellation)

新马 新馬 xin1 ma3
abbr. for Singapore 新加坡 and Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚

心猿意马 心猿意馬 xin1 yuan2 yi4 ma3
lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom); fig. capricious (derog.); to have ants in one's pants; hyperactive; adventurous and uncontrollable

雄马 雄馬 xiong2 ma3
male horse; stallion

悬崖勒马 懸崖勒馬 xuan2 ya2 le4 ma3
lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom); fig. to act in the nick of time

旋转木马 旋轉木馬 xuan2 zhuan3 mu4 ma3
merry-go-round; carousel; Carousel, South Korean TV soap opera

驯马 馴馬 xun4 ma3
to break in a horse; a trained saddle horse

驯马场 馴馬場 xun4 ma3 chang3
horse training ground

驯马人 馴馬人 xun4 ma3 ren2
horse trainer

雅马哈 雅馬哈 ya3 ma3 ha1
Yamaha

亚拉巴马 亞拉巴馬 ya4 la1 ba1 ma3
Alabama, US state

亚拉巴马州 亞拉巴馬州 ya4 la1 ba1 ma3 zhou1
Alabama, US state

压马路 壓馬路 ya4 ma3 lu4
variant of 軋馬路|轧马路

轧马路 軋馬路 ya4 ma3 lu4
to stroll around the streets (esp. of a young couple)

亚马孙 亞馬孫 ya4 ma3 sun1
Amazon

亚马孙河 亞馬孫河 ya4 ma3 sun1 he2
Amazon River

亚马逊 亞馬遜 ya4 ma3 xun4
Amazon

亚马逊河 亞馬遜河 ya4 ma3 xun4 he2
Amazon River

伊隆·马斯克 伊隆·馬斯克 yi1 long2 - ma3 si1 ke4
Elon Musk (1971-), founder and CEO of SpaceX, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors

一马当先 一馬當先 yi1 ma3 dang1 xian1
to take the lead

伊马姆 伊馬姆 yi1 ma3 mu3
see 伊瑪目|伊玛目

一马平川 一馬平川 yi1 ma3 ping2 chuan1
flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country

伊斯兰马巴德 伊斯蘭馬巴德 yi1 si1 lan2 ma3 ba1 de2
Islamabad, capital of Pakistan (Tw)

一言既出，驷马难追 一言既出，駟馬難追 yi1 yan2 ji4 chu1 - si4 ma3 nan2 zhui1
lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept

以马内利 以馬內利 yi3 ma3 nei4 li4
Emanuel

义马 義馬 yi4 ma3
Yima county level city in Sanmenxia 三門峽|三门峡, Henan

驿马 驛馬 yi4 ma3
post horse

义马市 義馬市 yi4 ma3 shi4
Yima county level city in Sanmenxia 三門峽|三门峡, Henan

易司马仪 易司馬儀 yi4 si1 ma3 yi2
Ismail (name); Shāh Ismāil I (1487-1524), founder of Persian Safavid dynasty, reigned 1501-1524

幼马 幼馬 you4 ma3
young horse; colt; filly

又要马儿好，又要马儿不吃草 又要馬兒好，又要馬兒不吃草 you4 yao4 ma3 er5 hao3 - you4 yao4 ma3 er5 bu4 chi1 cao3
see 又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草|又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草

又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草 又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草 you4 yao4 ma3 er5 pao3 - you4 yao4 ma3 er5 bu4 chi1 cao3
lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom); fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too

原班人马 原班人馬 yuan2 ban1 ren2 ma3
original cast; former team

跃马 躍馬 yue4 ma3
to gallop; to spur on a horse; to let one's steed have his head

运货马车 運貨馬車 yun4 huo4 ma3 che1
cargo wagon

扎马剌丁 紮馬剌丁 za1 ma3 la2 ding1
Jamal al-Din ibn Muhammad al-Najjari (13th century), famous Persian astronomer and scholar who served Khubilai Khan 忽必烈 from c. 1260

扎马鲁丁 紮馬魯丁 za1 ma3 lu3 ding1
see 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁

藏马鸡 藏馬雞 zang4 ma3 ji1
(bird species of China) Tibetan eared pheasant (Crossoptilon harmani)

灶马 灶馬 zao4 ma3
camel cricket; Diestrammena japonica

札马剌丁 札馬剌丁 zha2 ma3 la2 ding1
see 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁

札马鲁丁 札馬魯丁 zha2 ma3 lu3 ding1
see 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁

战马 戰馬 zhan4 ma3
warhorse

招兵买马 招兵買馬 zhao1 bing1 mai3 ma3
to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army; fig. to expand business; to recruit new staff

征马 征馬 zheng1 ma3
horse capable of long expedition; army horse

指鹿为马 指鹿為馬 zhi3 lu4 wei2 ma3
making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation

指鹿作马 指鹿作馬 zhi3 lu4 zuo4 ma3
to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth

纸马 紙馬 zhi3 ma3
paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals

纸马儿 紙馬兒 zhi3 ma3 er5
erhua variant of 紙馬|纸马

纸人纸马 紙人紙馬 zhi3 ren2 zhi3 ma3
paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals

种马 種馬 zhong3 ma3
stallion; stud horse

中箭落马 中箭落馬 zhong4 jian4 luo4 ma3
lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse; to suffer a serious setback (idiom)

蛛丝马迹 蛛絲馬跡 zhu1 si1 ma3 ji4
lit. spider's thread and horse track; tiny hints (of a secret); traces; clue

竹马 竹馬 zhu2 ma3
bamboo stick used as a toy horse

竹马之交 竹馬之交 zhu2 ma3 zhi1 jiao1
childhood friend (idiom)

竹马之友 竹馬之友 zhu2 ma3 zhi1 you3
see 竹馬之交|竹马之交

驻马店 駐馬店 zhu4 ma3 dian4
Zhumadian prefecture level city in Henan

驻马店地区 駐馬店地區 zhu4 ma3 dian4 di4 qu1
Zhumadian prefecture in Henan

驻马店市 駐馬店市 zhu4 ma3 dian4 shi4
Zhumadian prefecture level city in Henan

坠马 墜馬 zhui4 ma3
to fall off a horse

牸马 牸馬 zi4 ma3
mare

走马 走馬 zou3 ma3
to ride (a horse); to go on horseback

走马到任 走馬到任 zou3 ma3 dao4 ren4
to ride to take up an official appointment (idiom); to take on a job with alacrity; to undertake a task

走马灯 走馬燈 zou3 ma3 deng1
lantern with carousel of paper horses, rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节; fig. constant busy circulation of people

走马赴任 走馬赴任 zou3 ma3 fu4 ren4
to ride to take up an official appointment (idiom); to take on a job with alacrity; to undertake a task

走马观花 走馬觀花 zou3 ma3 guan1 hua1
lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom); a fleeting glance in passing; fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation; to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information

走马看花 走馬看花 zou3 ma3 kan4 hua1
lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom); fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation; to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information

走马上任 走馬上任 zou3 ma3 shang4 ren4
to ride to take up an official appointment (idiom); to take on a job with alacrity; to undertake a task

走马章台 走馬章臺 zou3 ma3 zhang1 tai2
to go to the brothel on horseback (idiom); to visit prostitutes

祖马 祖馬 zu3 ma3
Zuma (name); Jacob Zuma (1942-), South African ANC politician, vice-president 1999-2005, president from 2009

作马 作馬 zuo4 ma3
trestle; carpenter's frame

做牛做马 做牛做馬 zuo4 niu2 zuo4 ma3
lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard