Entry
  1. (coll.) numeral; counter; chip; token; (old) ready money; cash; standard weight (used on a balance scale)

    trad. 碼子

Also written 碼子【mǎ zi】

Characters in this word

2
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(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|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)

Pinyin
Traditional
Strokes
8
Frequency
5060 of 2500
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son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

Pinyin
Strokes
3
Frequency
2170 of 2500