馬U+99AC10 STROKES
Entry·pron. mǎ
ㄇㄚˇ
“A horse; a knight in chess; a surname; a counting tool; a radical in Chinese chess.”
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- 馬上ㄇㄚˇ ㄕㄤˋimmediately; right away; at once; on horseback; by military force
- 馬英九ㄇㄚˇ ㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄡˇMa Ying-jeou (born 1950); Taiwanese Kuomintang politician; Mayor of Taipei 1998–2006; President of the Republic of China 2008–2016.
- 羅馬ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄚˇRome; capital of Italy, on the Tiber River; major cultural and historical center.
- 馬來西亞ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄒㄧ ㄧㄚˋMalaysia; a Southeast Asian country on the Malay Peninsula and Borneo
- 歐巴馬ㄡ ㄅㄚ ㄇㄚˇBarack Obama (1961–), U.S. Democratic politician; president from 2009 to 2017.
- 馬路ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄨˋstreet; road; a wide, flat road suitable for vehicles and traffic.
- 馬拉松ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄚ ㄙㄨㄥmarathon (long-distance race); any long, endurance event requiring sustained effort over a long period
- 人馬ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄚˇmen and horses; troops; a group of staff or personnel; a centaur (mythical creature).
- 馬車ㄇㄚˇ ㄔㄜa vehicle pulled by horses; a horse-drawn carriage, cart, or buggy.
- 馬丁ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄥMartin (a male given name of Latin origin, common in Chinese-speaking regions).
- 馬克思ㄇㄚˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄙMarx (surname); Karl Marx (1818–1883), German revolutionary, economist, and historian.
- 金馬ㄐㄧㄣ ㄇㄚˇgolden horse figurine or ornament; golden-colored horse; Han-dynasty palace gate (see Jinmen Gate); Kinmen and Matsu islands (Taiwan usage, referring to islands off Fujian coast).
- 馬祖ㄇㄚˇ ㄗㄨˇMatsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan; a sea deity in Chinese folklore; a Tang dynasty Buddhist monk (Mazu Daoyi); a star name in ancient astronomy.
- 金馬獎ㄐㄧㄣ ㄇㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄤˇTaiwan's most prestigious film awards; annual ceremony honoring achievements in Chinese-language cinema, including best picture, director, and acting.
- 馬鈴薯ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄨˇpotato; a tuber widely used as a staple food and vegetable.
- 馬桶ㄇㄚˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇtoilet; toilet bowl; chamber pot; a fixture for urination and defecation, traditionally wooden, now usually porcelain.
- 馬克ㄇㄚˇ ㄎㄜˋMark (male given name); mark (former German currency unit); trademark
- 馬習會ㄇㄚˇ ㄒㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ2015 meeting between Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou and China's President Xi Jinping in Singapore; landmark cross-strait leaders' summit.
- 兵馬ㄅㄧㄥ ㄇㄚˇtroops and horses; military forces; by extension, warfare or armed conflict
- 亞馬遜ㄧㄚˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄒㄩㄣˋAmazon; major online retailer and cloud computing company; Amazon River in South America.
- 馬偕ㄇㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄝˊMackay; refers to George Leslie Mackay, a Canadian Presbyterian missionary in Taiwan; also a place name derived from him.
- 司馬懿ㄙ ㄇㄚˇ ㄧˋSima Yi (179–251), Cao Cao's strategist and regent of Wei; his grandson founded the Jin dynasty.
- 巴拿馬ㄅㄚ ㄋㄚˊ ㄇㄚˇcountry in Central America; its capital is Panama City
- 落馬ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄚˇto fall off a horse; to be unseated while riding a horse
- 馬達ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄚˊmotor; electric motor; a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical motion.
- 出馬ㄔㄨ ㄇㄚˇto set out on a campaign; to stand for election; to throw one's cap in the ring; to take action or step forward to handle a matter; (Taiwan) to make a house call (of a doctor).
- 馬力ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧˋhorsepower; a unit of power in the imperial system; 1 HP equals about 746 watts.
- 馬匹ㄇㄚˇ ㄆㄧhorses; a measure word for horses; horses counted in units of pi
- 馬歇爾ㄇㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄝ ㄦˇMarshall; surname of George C. Marshall, U.S. general and statesman; also transliteration of the surname Marshall
- 司馬ㄙ ㄇㄚˇa surname; a historical military official title; a star in Chinese astronomy
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