Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- mǎ
English
- number, numerals
- (archaic) agate
- Yard (yd); 1 yard (yd) is equal to 0.9144 meter (m)
- size of clothing, shoes, etc.
- code; number
- yard
- (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale
- weight
- symbol
- number
- casino chips
- (computing) code
- (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)
粵語
- 量度單位,係英制長度嘅基本單位,一碼等於三呎,又大約等於0.9144米,符號為 yd
- 用嚟量度衣物、鞋等物品嘅尺碼(量詞:個)
- 數字、字符
- 用嚟量度重量嘅物料
- 賭場入面用嚟代替錢嘅代幣
Variants
Words containing 碼
- 碼頭maa5 tau4
wharf; dock; quay; pier
- 大碼daai6 maa5
large size
- 斷碼tyun5 maa5
(fashion retailing) available only in a limited range of less popular sizes
- 代碼doi6 maa5
code
- 號碼hou6 maa5
number
- 密碼mat6 maa5
cipher; secret code
- 起碼hei2 maa5
at the minimum; at the very least
- 數碼sou3 maa5
number
- 編碼pin1 maa5
to code
- 中碼zung1 maa5
medium size (apparel)
- 籌碼cau4 maa5
bargaining chip; gaming chip; casino token
- 解碼gaai2 maa5
to decode
- 死碼sei2 maa5
dead chips, gambling chips that cannot be exchanged for money which must be used within the casino [written and colloquial]
- 花碼faa1 maa5
Suzhou numerals
- 口碼hau2 maa5
eloquence
- 亂碼lyun6 maa5
mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding)
- 頁碼jip6 maa5
page number
- 條碼tiu4 maa5
barcode
- 加碼gaa1 maa5
to ratchet up
- 戲碼hei3 maa5
theatrical piece; (fig.) scenario (in real life)
- 尺碼cek3 maa5
size
- 鞋碼haai4 maa5
shoe size
- 細碼sai3 maa5
small size (clothes)
- 泥碼nai4 maa5
dead chips, gambling chips that cannot be exchanged for money which must be used within the casino [written and colloquial]