司馬

See also: 司马

Chinese

		company; control	horse; surname
trad. (司馬)		司	馬
simp. (司马)		司	马

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sīmǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ maa⁵
Min Nan (POJ): sir-má / su-má

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sīmǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄇㄚˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: symaa
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ma̠²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹ maa⁵
  - Yale: sī máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ ma⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ mɑː¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-má
  - Tâi-lô: sir-má
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ mã⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-má
  - Tâi-lô: su-má
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sumar
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² mã⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ mã⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ mã⁴¹/

Noun

司馬

(archaic) Grand Marshal (an important official post during the Han Dynasty)
(archaic) Major (a low-level position within a commandery, the person in this position handled military affairs within the commandery)

Derived terms

大司馬／大司马 (dàsīmǎ)

Proper noun

司馬

A surname, listed as #410 on the Baijiaxing

References

Government of the Han Dynasty#Standing army and army reserves on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sima (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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