Definition
马倌 is a historical or regional term for a person whose job is to take care of horses — a groom or stable hand. It's not commonly used in everyday modern Chinese; you're more likely to encounter it in historical fiction, period dramas, or rural settings. The word is formed from 马 (horse) and 倌 (a suffix for certain service roles, like 堂倌 'waiter').
n.
horse groomstable hand
Examples
- 马倌。Zhège mǎ guān měitiān dōu yào gěi mǎ shuā máo.This groom has to brush the horses every day.
- 马倌。Lǎo mǎ guān yǎng le èrshí nián de mǎ.The old groom has been raising horses for twenty years.
- 马倌。Xiǎoshuō lǐ de mǎ guān shì ge chénmò guǎ yán de rén.The groom in the novel is a quiet, taciturn person.
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