Chinese word dictionary

玛莎拉

mǎ shā lā · (loanword) masala

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Word information

Simplified玛莎拉

Traditional瑪莎拉

Pinyinmǎ shā lā

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

玛mǎ

agate, cornelian

莎shā

a kind of sedge grass that used to be woven into raincoats

拉lā

to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)

How to learn 玛莎拉

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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拉lā

to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels

拉动lādòng

to pull; (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity); to motivate (people to do sth)

拉链lāliàn

zipper

拉拢lālǒng

to rope in; fig. to involve sb; to entice

易拉罐yìlāguàn

pull-top can; easy-open can (with ring-pull)