马 (mǎ) means Horse. Below are 24 of the 26 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他在草地上骑 马 。
Tā zài cǎodì shàng qí mǎ.
He is riding a horse on the grass.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 马
马 跑得比自行车快。
Mǎ pǎo de bǐ zìxíngchē kuài.
A horse runs faster than a bicycle.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 马
马 在草地上吃草。
Mǎ zài cǎodì shàng chī cǎo.
The horse is grazing on the grass.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 草
过 马 路要注意车。
Guò mǎlù yào zhùyì chē.
Watch out for cars when crossing the road.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 注意
他扶老人过 马 路。
Tā fú lǎorén guò mǎlù.
He helped the old man across the road.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 扶
草原上有几匹 马 。
Cǎoyuán shàng yǒu jǐ pǐ mǎ.
There are several horses on the grassland.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 匹
他做事有点儿 马 虎。
Tā zuò shì yǒudiǎnr mǎhu.
He is a bit sloppy in what he does.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 马虎
邮局就在 马 路对面。
Yóujú jiù zài mǎlù duìmiàn.
The post office is just across the road.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 邮局
会议 马 上就要开始了。
Huìyì mǎshàng jiù yào kāishǐ le.
The meeting is about to start.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 马上
飞机 马 上就要起飞了。
Fēijī mǎshàng jiù yào qǐfēi le.
The plane is about to take off.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 起飞
考试的时候不能 马 虎。
Kǎoshì de shíhou bù néng mǎhu.
You cannot be careless during an exam.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 马虎
别催我，我 马 上就好。
Bié cuī wǒ, wǒ mǎshàng jiù hǎo.
Do not rush me; I will be ready right away.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 催
他恨不得 马 上飞回家。
Tā hèn bu de mǎshàng fēi huí jiā.
He could not wait to fly straight home.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 恨不得
几匹骏 马 在原野上奔驰。
Jǐ pǐ jùnmǎ zài yuányě shang bēnchí.
Several fine horses galloped across the open country.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 奔驰
有什么动静 马 上通知我。
Yǒu shénme dòngjìng mǎshàng tōngzhī wǒ.
Let me know at once if anything stirs.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 动静
过 马 路要留神来往车辆。
Guò mǎlù yào liú shén láiwǎng chēliàng.
Watch out for traffic when crossing the road.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 留神
他牵着孩子的手过 马 路。
Tā qiānzhe háizi de shǒu guò mǎlù.
He led the child by the hand across the road.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 牵
妈妈拉着孩子的手过 马 路。
Māma lā zhe háizi de shǒu guò mǎlù.
The mother took her child's hand and crossed the road.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 拉
遇到这种情况应该 马 上报警。
Yùdào zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng yīnggāi mǎshàng bàojǐng.
In a situation like this you should call the police immediately.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 报警
伤口感染了，必须 马 上处理。
Shāngkǒu gǎnrǎn le, bìxū mǎshàng chǔlǐ.
The wound is infected and must be treated at once.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 感染
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From the graded readers
以前的小路变成了很宽的 马 路。
yǐqián de / dì xiǎo lù biànchéng le / liǎo / liào hěn kuān de / dì mǎlù.
The little lane had become a wide road.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
上个月，我跑完了人生第一个 马 拉松。
shànggèyuè, wǒ pǎowán le / liǎo / liào rénshēng dìyī gè mǎlāsōng.
Last month I finished the first marathon of my life.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
我们问她问题的时候，她从来不 马 上回答。
wǒmen wèn tā wèntí de / dì shíhou, tā cónglái bù mǎshàng huídá.
When we ask her a question, she never answers straight away.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher
马 appears in 26 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 马
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 马
How is 马 used in a sentence?
This page shows 26 sentences using 马 (mǎ, "Horse"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 马 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 马 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 马 an HSK word?
Yes — 马 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 马?
The dictionary page for 马 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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