码

mǎ

Other characters with the syllable ma: see all 7 →

Meaning

bound formstandard weight used with a balance scale
number
(computing) code

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(clothing) size
yard (unit of length)
(coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references)
(coll.) to pile up; to stack
classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in 不是一碼事|不是一码事[bu4 shi4 yi1 ma3 shi4] "not the same thing")
(Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)
(archaic) agate

Example

电话号码是多少？

What's the number?

From 号码 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Words containing 码

号码hàomǎnumberHSK 4 密码mìmǎcipher; secret codeHSK 4 数码shùmǎnumberHSK 4 码头mǎtóuwharf; dock; quay; pierHSK 5 起码qǐmǎat the minimum; at the very leastHSK 5 二维码èrwéimǎ2D barcode; matrix codeHSK 5 筹码chóumǎbargaining chip; gaming chip; casino tokenHSK 7-9

More HSK 4 characters

阿āprefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarityHSK 4 矮ǎi(of a person) shortHSK 4 案àn(legal) caseHSK 4 暗àndarkHSK 4 巴bāBa, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan)HSK 4 摆bǎito arrangeHSK 4 败bàito defeatHSK 4 伴bànpartner; companion; comrade; associateHSK 4 薄báothinHSK 4 宝bǎojewelHSK 4

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