Chinese Word Entry

Simplified Chinese form:

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ
Mandarin (Pinyin):
Cantonese (Jyutping): ['maa5']
Definitions:
  1. horse
    (classifier: )

  2. horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess

  3. knight in Western chess


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Chinese characters used in this word

horse, surname, Kangxi radical 187
Readings
Mandarin: ㄇㄚˇ (mǎ)
Cantonese: maa5
Japanese: バ (ba)、 メ (me)、 マ (ma) / うま (uma)、 うま- (uma-)、 ま (ma)
Korean: 마 (ma)
Vietnamese:
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