码
mǎ HSK4

weight, number

码 (碼) mǎ
stack verb
to pile up or stack objects neatly

他把刚运来的砖头码得整整齐齐。

tā bǎ gāng yùn​lái de zhuān​tou mǎ de zhěng​zhěng​qí​qí.

He stacked the newly delivered bricks neatly.

yard measure word
a unit of length equal to 3 feet or 0.9144 meters

他踢出了一记五十码开外的长传。

tā tī​chū le yī jì wǔ​shí mǎ kāi​wài de cháng chuán.

He kicked a long pass from over fifty yards away.

classifier measure word
a measure word used for matters, items, or distinct situations

一码归一码，我们先谈合同。

yī mǎ guī yī mǎ, wǒ​men xiān tán hé​tong.

Let's keep things separate; let's talk about the contract first.

agate noun
an archaic term for a type of semi-precious stone

古人常说的“码瑙”，其实就是我们现在见到的玛瑙。

gǔ​rén cháng shuō de“ mǎ nǎo”, qí​shí jiù shì wǒ​men xiàn​zài jiàn​dào de mǎ​nǎo.

What the ancients called 'manao' is actually the agate we see today.

basis points measure word
a financial unit representing a 0.25% change in interest rates, common in Taiwan and Hong Kong

外界预期美联储将加息一码。

wài​jiè yù​qī Měi​lián​chǔ jiāng jiā​xī yī mǎ.

The market expects the Fed to raise interest rates by 25 basis points.

code noun
a symbol used for identification, such as a number, computer code, or clothing size

请在对话框输入验证码。

qǐng zài duì​huà​kuàng shū​rù yàn​zhèng mǎ.

Please enter the verification code in the dialog box.

counterweight noun
a standard weight used with a balance scale, typically used in bound forms

天平上的砝码不能用手直接拿。

tiān​píng shàng de fǎ mǎ bù néng yòng shǒu zhí​jiē ná.

The weights on the balance scale should not be handled directly by hand.

kph measure word
an informal measure of speed in kilometers per hour

车速已经开到一百码了。

chē​sù yǐ​jīng kāi dào yī​bǎi mǎ le.

The car was already going at 100 kilometers per hour.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,345th most common 91.1 per million
Movie subtitles
693rd most common 190.1 per million appears in 52% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
31.9 per million appears in 9% of films
Written text
36.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Traditional
碼
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+7801

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)