VocabularyHSK 3 · core

马

mǎ

horse

Part of speech · noun

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馬horse

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Examples

马跑得很快。
The horse runs fast.
一匹马。
One horse.

Collocations

一匹马骑马小马

Mnemonic

马 mǎ "horse" — traditional 馬. Measure: 匹 pǐ. Pictograph of a horse with mane. Cognate of Japanese 馬 uma / ba. Distinguish from 妈 (mom) and 骂 (scold), which use 马 as phonetic.

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