马鹿

馬鹿
mǎlù
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 red deer

Examples

HSK 7-9
Mǎlù de tǐxíng bǐ méihuālù dà de duō.
Red deer are much bigger than sika deer.
HSK 7-9
Qiūtiān shì mǎlù de fāqíngqī, xiónglù huì dàshēng hǒujiào, zhēngduó pèi'ǒu.
Autumn is the red deer's rutting season, when stags roar loudly to compete for mates.

Tips

mistakes
Written the same way in Japanese, 馬鹿 (baka) means 'fool', and anime fans sometimes borrow it that way online. In standard Chinese 马鹿 is the deer, named for being as big as a horse.

Stroke Order

马 mǎ
鹿 lù