Dictionary/码

码 碼

mǎ

ㄇㄚˇ
VHSK 7-9core 10k
1(archaic) agate
2(bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale
3number
4(computing) code
5(clothing) size
6yard (unit of length)
7(coll.) to pile up; to stack
8(coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references)
9classifier 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")
10(Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)

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Example

shuō说hé和zuò做shì是liǎng两mǎ码shì事。
说和做是两码事。
Saying is quite different from doing.