马馬 mǎ — horse
mǎ (third tone, dipping)ma3
Traditional: 馬
horse
HSK 3· HSK 1–4 (classic)Level 3· Three-band, nine-level standardnounMeasure word 匹
Meanings
horse
The animal, counted with its own classifier 匹: 一匹马. The character is a picture of one — the four dots at the foot were once the legs and the tail.
noun
Example sentences
- 他很喜欢马，还会骑马。他很喜歡馬，還會騎馬。Tā (first tone, high and level) hěn (third tone, dipping) xǐhuan (third tone, dipping) mǎ, (third tone, dipping) hái (second tone, rising) huì (fourth tone, falling) qí (second tone, rising) mǎ. (third tone, dipping)···
He likes horses very much, and he can even ride.
- 去年我们在北方骑了马。去年我們在北方騎了馬。Qùnián (fourth tone, falling) wǒmen (third tone, dipping) zài (fourth tone, falling) běifāng (third tone, dipping) qíle (second tone, rising) mǎ. (third tone, dipping)···
Last year we rode horses in the north.
Common mistakes
Not quite我坐马去。
Correct我骑马去。
坐 is for anything you sit inside — 坐飞机, 坐出租车. What you sit astride takes 骑: 骑马, 骑自行车. The split is the shape of the thing, not the speed of it.