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mã

Level ≈B1 (approx.) noun Sino-Vietnamese Top 3,000 most common
Hanoi [maː˦ˀ˥]Huế [maː˧˨]Saigon [maː˨˩˦] browser voice
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mã means code; cipher.

Chinese characters: 碼

Meanings of mã in English

Noun

  1. code (short symbol)
  2. cipher; code (method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning) ≈ mật mã
  3. code (computer instructions)
  4. Chinese numerals
  5. yard (unit of length)

Noun

  1. joss paper ≈ đồ mãtiền âm phủtiền vàng mã
    • đốt mãto burn joss paper

Noun

  1. outward appearance, looks ≈ vẻvẻ mặtdiện mạosắc
    • Nó thì được cái mã thôi.He's only good for his looks.
    • Chiếc xe tuy xấu mã nhưng máy rất tốt.The car, while ugly on the outside, has a very good engine.
  2. lemon (defective item)
  3. plumage on the neck or rear of a rooster
    • gà mã tíarooster with purple plumage
  4. horizontal bar of a rake, to which teeth are attached
  5. object to be weighed on a scale

Noun

  1. knight
  2. horse, a piece labeled with the characters 馬 /马 (mǎ, black) and 傌 /㐷 (red)

Words with mã

Example sentences with mã

  • Tôi điền sai mã PIN. I entered the wrong PIN.
  • Quân đội đang cố gắng phá mã của kẻ địch. The army is trying to break the enemy's code.
  • Tom đã quét mã QR bằng điện thoại của mình. Tom scanned the QR code with his phone.
  • Quân mã có thể nhảy qua quân khác trong cờ vua. Knights are able to jump over other pieces in chess.
  • Các ví dụ trong bài viết này sử dụng một loại mã giả giống Pascal. The examples used in this article make use of a Pascal-like pseudocode.
  • Quân mã di chuyển theo hình chữ "L": hai ô vuông theo chiều dọc và một ô theo chiều ngang, hoặc một ô dọc và hai ô ngang. The knight moves in the shape of the letter "L": two squares vertically and one horizontally, or one square vertically and two horizontally.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)

Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, mã could be written as 𦄀. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 碼.

Frequently asked questions

What does mã mean in English?

mã (noun) means "code; cipher".

How do you pronounce mã?

IPA: Hanoi [maː˦ˀ˥]; Saigon [maː˨˩˦]. Tones: mã — creaky rising tone (ngã).

Is mã a Sino-Vietnamese word?

Yes. mã is a Sino-Vietnamese word from the Chinese characters 碼.

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.