phonetic map : 马 ma

goulnik
October 05, 2008, 05:33 AM posted in General Discussion

@ 马

ma
to stock / number
码头 mǎtou wharf; dock
号码 hàomǎ number; code
.
玛瑙 mǎnǎo agate
to curse; scold
打骂 dǎmà to maltreat
* ma particle (dis)agreement
* .
吗啡 mǎfēi morphine
* What?
干吗 gànmá why on earth?
mom; mother
大妈 dàmā aunt
horse
马上 mǎshàng right away
马力 mǎlì horsepower
.
猛犸 měngmǎ mammoth
* .
蚂螂 mālang dragonfly
* .
蚂蚁 mǎyǐ ant
* .
蚂蚱 màzha locust
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goulnik
October 02, 2008, 04:23 PM

the infamous ma sound (over)used to illustrate the importance of tones, as in 妈妈骂马吗? (māma mà mǎ ma? Does mama curse the horse?

single phonetic sound, but the character 马 is also a 部首 (bùshǒu) radical.

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changye
October 03, 2008, 12:26 AM

我才知道字也是个多音字,他的!这个系列的帖子真的有助于学习汉字,我很感谢你。

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cassielin
October 03, 2008, 03:47 AM

changye says
3 hours ago

 

我才知道字也是个多音字,的!这个系列的帖子真的有助于学习汉字,我很感谢你。

changye, why you used this ""?  I think you should have known that it is a dirty word!

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changye
October 03, 2008, 04:10 AM

Hi Cassie 老师,

Haha, you've got me there. Actually, I only wanted to use a phrase that includes the sound "ma" ..... just to make a pun. 老师,那只是个玩笑,请原谅我吧!

By the way, would you please look into the forum of the newbie lesson "Introducing a friend" and give us some advice on "你给你们介绍一下" in the expansion?

http://chinesepod.com/lessons/introducing-a-friend/discussion#comment-95934

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cassielin
October 03, 2008, 04:18 AM

oh, wait, let me go and check it out!

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goulnik
October 03, 2008, 02:57 PM

here's an example of the vision I had. this looks more like a map,

it's automatically generated, I just need to fine tune it to accomodate multiple pinyin sounds. I will then add a link to all past and future entries.

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henning
October 13, 2008, 12:59 PM

CSV-list (for the import to Flashcard apps; "@" is delimeter):

号码@hàomǎ@number; code
吗@ma; mǎ; má@ma: particle (dis)agreement; particle (dis)agreement - má: What?
吗啡@mǎfēi@morphine
大妈@dàmā@aunt
妈@mā@mom; mother
干吗@gànmá@why on earth?
打骂@dǎmà@to maltreat
猛犸@měngmǎ@mammoth
玛瑙@mǎnǎo@agate
码@mǎ@to stock / number
码头@mǎtou@wharf; dock
蚂蚁@mǎyǐ@ant
蚂蚱@màzha@locust
蚂螂@mālang@dragonfly
马@mǎ@horse
马上@mǎshàng@right away
马力@mǎlì@horsepower
骂@mà@to curse; scold