马倌 (mǎ guān) — horse groom, stable hand

Definition

Literary/literary-register term for a person who tends horses — a groom or stable hand. Most learners will only meet this word in novels or period writing, where it describes a worker who feeds, brushes, and cares for horses daily.

noun

horse groomstable hand

Measure word · 个

Examples

马倌。
Zhè ge mǎ guān měi tiān dōu yào gěi mǎ shuā máo.
This groom has to brush the horses every day.
马倌。
Lǎo mǎ guān yǎng le èr shí nián de mǎ.
The old groom has been raising horses for twenty years.
马倌。
Xiǎo shuō lǐ de mǎ guān shì gè chén mò guǎ yán de rén.
The groom in the novel is a quiet, taciturn person.

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