碼

简 码 · 繁 碼
Cantonese · source Jyutpingmaa5

Meanings

  1. weight
  2. number
  3. code
  4. to pile
  5. to stack
  6. classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc
  7. numerals
  8. symbol
  9. yard
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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

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Same syllable, six tones

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

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CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

  • 碼 mǎ CC-CEDICT · Mandarin(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; …

A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.

CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: ma3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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maa5

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

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

  1. used in 碼瑙/码瑙
  2. digit; number; code
  3. size name
  4. (Cantonese, of clothing in general) size
  5. yard (unit of length)
  6. (Cantonese) Classifier for hours (of work).
  7. (chiefly Cantonese) cleat (metal strip or angled piece used to secure metal components)
  8. (computing) code
  9. code, encoding of a Chinese character into the Latin alphabet
  10. Classifier for things, matter.
  11. (colloquial) to pile up
  12. (Mainland China) to type a document
  13. (colloquial, in varieties that don't use 邁) kilometer per hour
  14. (Mainland China, colloquial) pixelization; to pixelize
  15. (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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Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Mandarin comparison: CC-CEDICT 2026-10-13, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source reading differences and six-tone sets: computed by zimai from Unihan 17.0.0 (Unicode License V3).

Exact source record & identity碼 码 [ma3] {maa5} /weight/number/code/to pile/to stack/classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc/numerals/symbol/yard/ # adapted from cc-cedict

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