码 meaning in English

mǎ

(archaic) agate; (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale

HSK 7-9verbmeasure wordTraditional 碼8 strokes

Meaning of 码

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

mǎ
  1. (archaic) agate
  2. (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale
  3. number
  4. (computing) code
  5. (clothing) size
  6. yard (unit of length)
  7. (coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references)
  8. (coll.) to pile up; to stack

码 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ写xiě下xià了le那nà个ge电diàn话huà号hào码mǎ。
I wrote down that telephone number.
我wǒ写xiě下xià他tā的de电diàn话huà号hào码mǎ了le。
I wrote down his phone number.
请qǐng告gào诉sù我wǒ你nǐ的de电diàn话huà号hào码mǎ。
Please tell me your phone number.
这zhè个ge码mǎ对duì我wǒ来lái说shuō太tài大dà了le。
This size is too large for me.
你nǐ有yǒu她tā的de电diàn话huà号hào码mǎ吗ma?
Do you have her phone number?

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

码 mǎ · agate · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Related words

Words that share a character with 码.

号码hàomǎnumber
密码mìmǎcipher; secret code; password; PIN
数码shùmǎnumber; numerals
码头mǎtóuwharf; dock; quay; pier
起码qǐmǎat the minimum; at the very least
二维码èrwéimǎ2D barcode; matrix code; (esp.) QR code
筹码chóumǎbargaining chip; gaming chip; casino token
代码dàimǎcode
编码biānmǎto code; to encode
尺码chǐmǎsize; fitting (of apparel)
两码事liǎngmǎshìtwo things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things
解码jiěmǎto decode; to decipher

Questions about 码

What does 码 mean?

码 (mǎ) means "(archaic) agate; (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale" and is used as a verb and measure word.

How do you write 码?

码 is made of 1 character: 码 (8 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.

Is 码 an HSK word?

Yes. 码 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 码 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 码 is written 碼.