(mǎ) surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
(mǎ) horse; CL:匹[pi]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
(mǎdīng) Martin (name)
(mǎdīnglùdé) Martin Luther (1483-1546), reformation protestant minister
(mǎdīnglùdéjīn) Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), American clergyman and civil rights activist
(mǎdīnglú) Martin furnace; open hearth furnace; open hearth
(mǎsānlì) Ma Sanli
(mǎshàng) at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force)
(mǎshàngbǐwǔ) tournament (contest in western chivalry); jousting
(mǎzhōngxī) Ma Zhongxi, Ming writer (1446-1512), author of the fable 中山狼传 of Mr Dongguo and the ungrateful Wolf
(mǎfū) groom; stable lad; horsekeeper; pimp; procurer
(mǎbólè) Maspero (name)
(mǎdàn) Matthan, son of Eleazar and father of Jakob in Matthew 1.15
(mǎlái) Malaya; Malaysia
(mǎláiyà) Malaya
(mǎláirén) Malay person or people
(mǎláibàndǎo) Malayan peninsula (possibly including Indonesia until 1945)
(mǎláiwén) Malaysian language
(mǎláixīyà) Malaysia
(mǎláixīyàrén) Malaysian person or people
(mǎláixīyàyǔ) Malaysian (language)
(mǎláiyǔ) Malaysian language
(mǎjùnrén) Ma Junren (1944-), Chinese track coach
(mǎkè) Mark (name)
(mǎkètǔwēn) 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
(mǎkèsī) Marx (name); Groucho Marx (the star of Duck Soup, 1933); Karl Marx (1818-1883), German socialist philosopher, political activist and founder of Marxism
(mǎkèsīlièníngzhǔyì) Marxism-Leninism
(mǎkèsīzhǔyì) Marxism
(mǎkèsīpǔlǎngkè) Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist who first postulated quantization of energy
(mǎkèsīwēiěr) James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)
(mǎkèqìn) Sir Hiram Maxim (1840-1916), American British inventor of the Maxim machine gun
(mǎkèqìnjīqiāng) Maxim machine gun
(mǎkèbǐ) marker (loanword); felt marker
(mǎkèxīmǐlián) Maximilian or Maximilien (name)
(mǎdōulíngkē) Aristolochiaceae (birthwort family of flowering plants, including ginger)
(mǎgōng) Makung city in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[Peng2 hu2 xian4] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
(mǎgōngshì) Makung city in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[Peng2 hu2 xian4] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
(mǎliùjiǎ) Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra
(mǎliùjiǎhǎixiá) the Strait of Malacca or Melaka
(mǎqídùn) Macedonia
(mǎqídùngònghéguó) Republic of Macedonia (former Yugoslav republic)
(mǎjù) harness
(mǎdāo) a saber; cavalry sword
(mǎliè) Marx and Lenin
(mǎlièzhǔyì) Marxism-Leninism
(mǎlìyà) Maria (name); Mary, mother of Jesus Christ
(mǎlìyànàhǎigōu) Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench)
(mǎlìyànàqúndǎo) Mariana Islands in Pacific
(mǎlìjī) Maliki or Al-Maliki (name); Nouri Kamel al-Maliki (1950-) prime minister of Iraq from 2006
(mǎdàochénggōng) instant success; beginner's luck
(mǎcì) spur (on riding boots)
(mǎqiánzú) lackey; errand boy; lit. runner before a carriage
(mǎlì) horsepower
(mǎlè) Mahler (name); Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Austrian composer
(mǎsháo) wooden ladle
(mǎpǐ) horse
(mǎnáncūn) Ma Nancun (1912-1966), pen name of Deng Tuo 鄧拓|邓拓
(mǎyǒuyǒu) Yo-Yo Ma (1955-), French-Chinese-American cellist
(mǎkění) Marconi, UK electronics company
(mǎkěbōluó) Marco Polo (1254-c. 1324), Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk road to China, author of Il Milione (Travels of Marco Polo)
(mǎkěfúyīn) Gospel according to St Mark
(mǎhālāshītèlābāng) Maharashtra (state in India)
(mǎhādí) Mahathir bin Mohamad
(mǎgáěrní) Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of British mission to Qing China in 1793; Paul McCartney, former Beatle
(mǎgáěrníshǐtuán) the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793
(mǎguó) abbr. for 馬來西亞|马来西亚, Malaysia
(mǎsàilú) Maseru, capital of Lesotho
(mǎdà) Martha (biblical name)
(mǎdàhā) 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
(mǎtiānní) Martini
(mǎtài) Matthew (name)
(mǎtàigōu) Mataigou town in Pingluo county 平羅縣|平罗县[Ping2 luo2 xian4], Shizuishan 石嘴山[Shi2 zui3 shan1], Ningxia
(mǎtàigōuzhèn) Mataigou town in Pingluo county 平羅縣|平罗县[Ping2 luo2 xian4], Shizuishan 石嘴山[Shi2 zui3 shan1], Ningxia
(mǎtàifúyīn) Gospel according to St Matthew
(mǎshīqiántí) lit. the horse loses its front hooves; fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness
(mǎnǎijiǔ) kumis; horse milk wine
(mǎzǐ) (slang) girl; chick; babe
(mǎzi) bandit; brigand; gambling chip; see 馬桶|马桶
(mǎjiājūn) the Ma clique of warlords in Gansu and Ningxia during the 1930s and 1940s
(mǎnítuōbā) Manitoba province, Canada
(mǎnílā) Manila, capital of Philippines
(mǎnílādàxué) University of Manila
(mǎwěi) Mawei district of Fuzhou city 福州市[Fu2 zhou1 shi4], Fujian
(mǎwěi) ponytail (hairstyle); horse's tail; slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various plants)
(mǎwěiqū) Mawei district of Fuzhou city 福州市[Fu2 zhou1 shi4], Fujian
(mǎwěisōng) Masson pine (Pinus massoniana, Chinese red pine, horsetail pine)
(mǎwěishuǐ) Mawei river through Fuzhou city
(mǎwěishuǐshīxuétáng) 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
(mǎwěigǎng) Mawei harbor, the harbor of Fuzhou city
(mǎwěichuāndòufutíbuqǐlai) lit. like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it; fig. let's not talk of this (pun on 提[ti2])
(mǎwěijūngǎng) Mawei naval base at Fuzhou city (in Qing times)
(mǎwěibiàn) ponytail
(mǎpì) horse hindquarters; flattery; boot-licking
(mǎpìjīng) toady; boot-licker
(mǎshān) Mashan county in Nanning 南寧|南宁[Nan2 ning2], Guangxi
(mǎshānxiàn) Mashan county in Nanning 南寧|南宁[Nan2 ning2], Guangxi
(mǎgōngméisù) Sima Xiangru is meticulous and Mei Gao is fast (idiom); to each his good points
(mǎnián) Year of the Horse (e.g. 2002)
(mǎkùsè) Marcuse (philosopher)
(mǎjiù) barn
(mǎhòupào) lit. firing after the horse; fig. belated action; giving advice in hindsight
(mǎhòupào) lit. firing after the horse; fig. belated action; giving advice in hindsight
(mǎdélāsī) Madras or Chennai 欽奈|钦奈[Qin1 nai4], capital of Tamil Nadu on East coast of India
(mǎdélāqúndǎo) Madeira; the Madeira islands
(mǎdéwàng) Battambang
(mǎdélǐ) variant of 馬德里|马德里, Madrid
(mǎdélǐ) Madrid, capital of Spain
(mǎěnlièsī) abbr. for Marx 馬克思|马克思[Ma3 ke4 si1], Engels 恩格斯[En1 ge2 si1], Lenin 列寧|列宁[Lie4 ning2] and Stalin 斯大林[Si1 da4 lin2]
(mǎēndǎo) Isle of Man, British Isles; Isle of Mann
(mǎjiáěrní) Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of British mission to Qing China in 1793; Paul McCartney, former Beatle
(mǎjiáěrníshǐtuán) the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793
(mǎxì) circus
(mǎxìtuán) circus
(mǎfáng) horse stable
(mǎzhāěr) Magyar; Hungarian
(mǎzhāěryǔ) Magyar (language); Hungarian
(mǎlā) Marat (name); Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), Swiss scientist and physician
(mǎlājiā) Málaga, Spain; Malaga city in Iranian East Azerbaijan
(mǎlābó) Malabo, capital of Equatorial Guinea
(mǎlākāshí) Marrakech (city in Morocco)
(mǎlādì) Marathi language of west India
(mǎlādìyǔ) Marathi language of west India
(mǎlāduōnà) Diego Maradona (1960-), Argentine footballer
(mǎlāsōng) marathon (loanword)
(mǎlāsōngsài) marathon race
(mǎlāgāo) Cantonese sponge cake also known as mara cake
(mǎlāwéi) Malawi
(mǎlākāibō) Maracaibo, Venezuela
(mǎtíníkè) Martinique (French Caribbean island)
(mǎsīnèi) Jules Massenet (1842-1912), French composer
(mǎsīkātè) Muscat, capital of Oman
(mǎsīchuíkè) Maastricht (Netherlands)
(mǎsīhé) Maas or Meuse River, Western Europe
(mǎsītèlǐhètè) Maastricht
(mǎpǔtuō) Maputo, capital of Mozambique
(mǎfújūn) Ma Fujun, famous general of Zhao 趙國|赵国
(mǎfúzǐ) 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
(mǎcūn) Macun district of Jiaozuo city 焦作市[Jiao1 zuo4 shi4], Henan
(mǎcūnqū) Macun district of Jiaozuo city 焦作市[Jiao1 zuo4 shi4], Henan
(mǎgédébǎo) Magdeburg (German city)
(mǎtǒng) chamber pot; wooden pan used as toilet; toilet bowl
(mǎtǒngbá) plunger for unblocking toilet
(mǎróng) Mayon (volcano in Philippines)
(mǎbīnglang) caper
(mǎxiēěr) 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
(mǎbù) horse stance
(mǎshìzhēnzhūbèi) pearl oyster (genus Pinctada)
(mǎluò) Marlow (name)
(mǎwúyècǎobùféirénwúwàikuàibùfù) a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom)
(mǎěrtā) Malta
(mǎěrtārén) Maltese (person)
(mǎěrtāyǔ) Maltese (language)
(mǎěrdàifū) the Maldives
(mǎěrkèàoléilì) Marcus Aurelius (121-180)
(mǎěrkěfūguòchéng) Markov process (mathematics)
(mǎěrbǎobìngdú) Marburg virus
(mǎěrkùsī) Marcus (name)
(mǎěrkāng) 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[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan
(mǎěrkāngxiàn) 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[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan
(mǎěrkāngzhèn) 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[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan
(mǎěrzhāhè) Marjah, town in Helmand province, Afghanistan
(mǎěrsī) Mars (Roman God of War)
(mǎěrwéinàsīqúndǎo) Malvinas Islands (also known as Falkland Islands)
(mǎěrgǔ) Mark; St Mark the evangelist; less common variant of 馬克|马克 preferred by the Catholic church
(mǎěrjiǎ) Marja (also spelled Marjah or Marjeh), agricultural district in Nad Ali District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
(mǎěrmò) Malmo (Malmo city, of Sweden)
(mǎwángduī) Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan, a recent Han dynasty archaeological site
(mǎqiú) polo
(mǎnǎosī) Manaus (city in Brazil)
(mǎjiǎ) corset; sockpuppet (Internet slang); vest (topolect)
(mǎlüèkǎ) Majorca (island of Spain)
(mǎzǔ) Matsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan
(mǎzǔlièdǎo) Matsu Islands
(mǎkē) Equidae; horse family
(mǎhu) careless; sloppy; negligent; skimpy
(mǎyāokǎ) Majorca (island of Spain)
(mǎnàmǎ) Manama, capital of Bahrain
(mǎshàoěrqúndǎo) Marshall Islands
(mǎjīng) form (horse racing)
(mǎzhìyuǎn) Ma Zhiyuan, 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
(mǎqún) herd of horses
(mǎěrtā) Malta
(mǎbèi) horseback
(mǎzìdá) Mazda, Japanese car make (derived from name Matsuda 松田); also known as 萬事得|万事得
(mǎliáng) Ma Liang (Three Kingdoms)
(mǎyīngjiǔ) Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei from 1998, President of Republic of China from 2008
(mǎcǎokuǎng) Macaokuang village in Tengjia township 滕家鎮|滕家镇, Rongcheng county 榮成|荣成, Weihai 威海, Shandong
(mǎcǎokuǎngcūn) Macaokuang village in Tengjia township 滕家鎮|滕家镇, Rongcheng county 榮成|荣成, Weihai 威海, Shandong
(mǎsàzhūsài) Massachusetts, US state
(mǎsàzhūsàizhōu) Massachusetts, US state
(mǎsūdé) Massoud (name); Ahmed Shah Massoud (1953-2001), Tajik Afghan engineer, military man and anti-Taleban leader
(mǎsūlǐlā) mozzarella
(mǎlán) Malan atomic test site in Bayin'guoleng Mongol autonomous prefecture 巴音郭愣蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng4 Meng3 gu3 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
(mǎlánjīdì) Malan atomic test site in Bayin'guoleng Mongol autonomous prefecture 巴音郭愣蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng4 Meng3 gu3 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
(mǎlánhuā) iris; Iris tectorum
(mǎhu) careless; sloppy; negligent; skimpy
(mǎfēng) hornet
(mǎshù) equestrianism; horsemanship
(mǎguà) buttoned mandarin jacket of the Qing dynasty 清代[Qing1 dai4] (1644-1911)
(mǎtuōgéluósuǒ) Mato Grosso, western province of Brazil
(mǎsài) Marseille, city in south France; Basay, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
(mǎsàikè) mosaic
(mǎsàizú) Basay, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan; Maasai people of Kenya
(mǎsàiqǔ) La Marseillaise
(mǎhè) Mach (name); Ernst Mach (1838-1916), German physicist; Mach (aeronautics), unit of speed based on speed of sound = 1 Mach = 1224 km per hr
(mǎhèshù) Mach number, multiples of speed of sound used as unit in aeronautics, with 1 Mach = 1224 km per hr
(mǎchāo) Ma Chao (176-222), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
(mǎlù) street; road; CL:條|条[tiao2]
(mǎlùkǒu) intersection (of roads)
(mǎlùyánr) roadside; edge of the road
(mǎlùyázi) curb
(mǎtí) horse's hoof; horseshoe; Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta)
(mǎtíxíng) horseshoe shape
(mǎtíxīngyún) Omega or Horseshoe Nebula M17
(mǎtílián) calla; calla lily
(mǎtíxiè) horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus)
(mǎtítiě) horseshoe
(mǎdèng) stirrup
(mǎchē) cart; chariot; carriage; buggy
(mǎliánliáng) Ma Lianliang (1901-1966), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生
(mǎdá) motor
(mǎdájiāsījiā) Madagascar
(mǎdájiāsījiādǎo) Madagascar
(mǎbiān) Mabian Yizu autonomous county in Sichuan
(mǎbiānyízúzìzhìxiàn) Mabian Yizu autonomous county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Le4 shan1], Sichuan
(mǎbiānxiàn) Mabian Yizu autonomous county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Le4 shan1], Sichuan
(mǎlǐ) Mali, West Africa
(mǎlǐyànàhǎigōu) Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench)
(mǎlǐyànàqúndǎo) Mariana islands in Pacific
(mǎlǐào) Mario (name)
(mǎlǐlán) Maryland, US state
(mǎlǐlánzhōu) Maryland, US state
(mǎlíngshǔ) potato
(mǎlíngshǔní) mashed potato
(mǎxián) bit; mouthpiece
(mǎdèng) stirrup
(mǎguān) 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[Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
(mǎguāntiáoyuē) Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895) that concluded the first Sino-Japanese war
(mǎguānxiàn) 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[Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
(mǎyǎ) Maya (civilization of central America)
(mǎmiàn) Horse-Face, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology
(mǎān) saddle
(mǎānshān) Ma'anshan prefecture level city in Anhui
(mǎānshānshì) Ma'anshan prefecture level city in Anhui
(mǎbiān) horsewhip
(mǎtóu) horse's head; same as 碼頭|码头[ma3 tou2], pier
(mǎtóuxīngyún) the Horse's Head nebula
(mǎtóuqín) morin khuur
(mǎmahūhū) careless; casual; vague; not so bad; so-so; tolerable; fair
(māliú) monkey; little monkey (affectionate term for children, subordinates)
(mǎjiāoyú) Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius)
(mǎlù) red deer; fool; idiot (Japanese 'baka')
(mǎlùyìxíng) to distinguish horse and deer easily; to know right from wrong
(mǎchǐxiàn) Portulaca oleracea (common purslane)
(mǎlóng) Malong county in Qujing 曲靖[Qu3 jing4], Yunnan
(mǎlóngxiàn) Malong county in Qujing 曲靖[Qu3 jing4], Yunnan