麻
máMá HSK3

hemp

麻 má frequency
numb adjective
to experience a tingling sensation or loss of feeling, like pins and needles

我保持一个姿势太久，腿都麻了。

wǒ bǎo​chí yī gè zī​shì tài jiǔ, tuǐ dōu má le.

I stayed in one position for too long, and my legs have gone numb.

hemp noun
generic name for hemp, flax, and similar fiber plants used for textile materials

衣服的标签上写着含麻量百分之五十。

yī​fu de biāo​qiān shàng xiě zhe hán má liàng bǎi​fēn​zhī​wǔ​shí.

The label on the clothes says fifty percent linen content.

pitted adjective
having a rough, coarse, pocked, or uneven surface

这种梨的皮很麻，但味道还不错。

zhè zhǒng lí de pí hěn má, dàn wèi​dao hái bù​cuò.

The skin of this pear is quite rough, but it tastes okay.

sesame noun
sesame seeds or the plants they come from

这块点心上撒了许多黑麻。

zhè kuài diǎn​xin shàng sǎ le xǔ​duō hēi má.

This pastry is sprinkled with many black sesame seeds.

麻 (蔴) má
hemp noun

这种绳子是用麻做的。

zhè zhǒng shéng​zi shì yòng má zuò de.

This rope is made of hemp.

麻 Má
Ma proper name
surname Ma

麻先生是我的老师。

Má xiān​sheng shì wǒ de lǎo​shī.

Mr. Ma is my teacher.

Cross-References

Classifier

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,108th most common 132.2 per million
Movie subtitles
550th most common 255.4 per million appears in 69% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
9.99 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
24.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+9EBB

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