司马 (司馬)
Sī mǎ
Pinyin

Definition

司马 (司馬)
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Sī mǎ
  1. Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states)
  2. two-character surname Sima

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

公司
gōng sī
  1. 1 (business) company
  2. 2 company
  3. 3 firm
  4. 4 corporation
  5. 5 incorporated
  6. 6 classifier: 家 jiā
司机
sī jī
  1. 1 chauffeur
  2. 2 driver
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
上司
shàng si
  1. 1 boss
  2. 2 superior
分公司
fēn gōng sī
  1. 1 subsidiary company
  2. 2 branch office
司
Sī
  1. 1 surname Si

Idioms (3)

司空见惯
sī kōng jiàn guàn
  1. 1 a common occurrence (idiom)
司马昭之心路人皆知
Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén jiē zhī
  1. 1 lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. an open secret
牝鸡司晨
pìn jī sī chén
  1. 1 female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority
  2. 2 women meddle in politics
  3. 3 The female wears the trousers.

Sample Sentences

对，大多数的名字都是这样。除了欧阳、司马、诸葛等复姓外，姓通常是一个字，名则可以是一个字或者两个字，都比较常见。不过随着中国的人口的增加，两个字的名字实在是太容易重名了。起三个字的选择余地比较大，比较不容易重名。
duì ，dàduōshù de míngzi dōu shì zhèyàng 。chúle Ōuyáng 、Sīmǎ 、Zhūgé děng fùxìng wài ，xìng tōngcháng shì yī ge zì ，míng zé kěyǐ shì yī ge zì huòzhě liǎng ge zì ，dōu bǐjiào chángjiàn 。bùguò suízhe Zhōngguó de rénkǒu de zēngjiā ，liǎng ge zì de míngzi shízài shì tài róngyì chóngmíng le 。qǐ sān ge zì de xuǎnzé yúdì bǐjiào dà ，bǐjiào bù róngyì chóngmíng 。
Right. The majority of names are like that. Except for double surnames like Ouyang, Sima and Zhuge, most surnames are a single character. Names can be one or two characters. There's a lot of flexibility in choosing three-character names, so it's pretty rare to repeat names.
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