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碼

简码 · 繁碼

Mandarin · pinyin mǎ

(archaic) agate
(bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale
number
(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 bù shì yī mǎ shì "not the same thing")
(Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)

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碼: Look up this written character
码: mǎ · number, numerals; yard; symbol

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3 · ma3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

maa5

Cantonese word readings for 碼. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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used in 碼瑙／码瑙
digit; number; code
size name
(Cantonese, of clothing in general) size
yard (unit of length)
(Cantonese) Classifier for hours (of work).
(chiefly Cantonese) cleat (metal strip or angled piece used to secure metal components)
(computing) code
code, encoding of a Chinese character into the Latin alphabet
Classifier for things, matter.
(colloquial) to pile up
(Mainland China) to type a document
(colloquial, in varieties that don't use 邁) kilometer per hour
(Mainland China, colloquial) pixelization; to pixelize
(Mainland China, Internet slang) to "mark" a piece of web content (by replying to it or (re)posting it) for reading it later

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