码

Traditional 碼

mǎ

agate

HSK 7–98 strokes

Meanings

mǎ 碼

(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)

这个zhè ge码mǎ对我来说duì wǒ lái shuō太tài大dà了le。This size is too large for me. #867741

做zuò计划jì huà是shì一yī码mǎ事shì，付诸fù zhū实践shí jiàn是shì另lìng一yī码mǎ事shì。It's one thing to make plans, but quite another to carry them out. #11242977