WordTaiwan frequency #29,830
青梅竹馬
ㄑㄧㄥ ㄇㄟˊ ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄚˇ
“childhood companions who played together; childhood sweethearts who grew up together”
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青
ㄑㄧㄥ
Green; blue; black; youth; young; short name for Qinghai province or Qingdao city.
梅
ㄇㄟˊ
Plum or Japanese apricot tree; plum blossom; surname Mei.
竹
ㄓㄨˊ
Bamboo; a plant with hollow, jointed stems; also used for musical instruments like flutes or whistles; also refers to ancient bamboo slips used for writing; also a surname.
馬
ㄇㄚˇ
A horse; a knight in chess; a surname; a counting tool; a radical in Chinese chess.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 青年ㄑㄧㄥ ㄋㄧㄢˊyoung person; youth; youthful years; the young
- 馬上ㄇㄚˇ ㄕㄤˋimmediately; right away; at once; on horseback; by military force
- 新竹ㄒㄧㄣ ㄓㄨˊHsinchu, a city in northern Taiwan known for its high-tech industry; also Hsinchu County in northwest Taiwan.
- 青少年ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊadolescent; youth; teenager; a person in the stage between childhood and adulthood, typically roughly ages 12 to 18.
- 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.
- 新竹縣ㄒㄧㄣ ㄓㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋHsinchu County; a county in northwest Taiwan, between Taoyuan and Miaoli; known for strong winter winds ('bamboo wind'), tea, citrus, and glass and cement industries.
- 青春ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄨㄣyouth; the period of being young; youthfulness; adolescence; prime of life.
- 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.
- 新竹市ㄒㄧㄣ ㄓㄨˊ ㄕˋHsinchu; city in northern Taiwan known for its high-tech industries, science park, and universities.
- 馬路ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄨˋstreet; road; a wide, flat road suitable for vehicles and traffic.