WordTaiwan frequency #6,732
馬祖
ㄇㄚˇ ㄗㄨˇ
“Matsu 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.”
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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.
- 媽祖ㄇㄚ ㄗㄨˇMatsu, a sea goddess widely worshipped in southeastern China and Southeast Asia; affectionately called "Heavenly Holy Mother" in folk religion.
- 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.
- 祖先ㄗㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved.
- 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).
- 祖母ㄗㄨˇ ㄇㄨˇfather's mother; paternal grandmother; in modern usage also mother's mother (maternal grandmother).
- 祖父ㄗㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋfather's father; paternal grandfather; (also, esp. in Taiwan) maternal grandfather