| 扎马剌丁 |
Zā mǎ lá dīng |
Jamal al-Din ibn Muhammad al-Najjari (13th century), famous Persian astronomer and scholar who served Khubilai Khan 忽必烈 from c. 1260 |
| 扎 |
zhā |
to prick / to run or stick (a needle etc) into / mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar") |
| 扎 |
zhá |
used in 挣扎 |
| 扎 |
zā |
variant of 扎 |
| 扎 |
zhā |
variant of 扎 |
| 扎 |
zā |
to tie / to bind / classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle / Taiwan pr. [zha2] |
| 扎 |
zhā |
(of troops) to be stationed (at) / Taiwan pr. [zha2] |
| 马 |
Mǎ |
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 马来西亚 |
| 马 |
mǎ |
horse / CL:匹 / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess |
| 剌 |
lá |
variant of 拉 (Note: 剌 was the character used prior to simplification and remains the standard in Taiwan, while in mainland China, 拉 has replaced 剌) |
| 剌 |
là |
perverse / unreasonable / absurd |
| 丁 |
Dīng |
surname Ding |
| 丁 |
dīng |
male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干 / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl |
| 丁 |
zhēng |
used in 丁丁 |