牛馬

See also: 牛马

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	horse; surname
trad. (牛馬)		牛	馬
simp. (牛马)		牛	马

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niúmǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ maa⁵
Min Nan (POJ): gû-bé / gû-bée

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: niúmǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄇㄚˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioumaa
  - IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ma̠²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau⁴ maa⁵
  - Yale: ngàuh máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ ma⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ mɑː¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-bé
  - Tâi-lô: gû-bé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gu'bea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gu²³⁻³³ be⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /gu²⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gu²⁴⁻²² be⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gu²⁴⁻²² be⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-bée
  - Tâi-lô: gû-bée
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gu¹³⁻²² bɛ⁵³/

Noun

牛馬

oxen and horses; beasts of burden

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
牛	馬
ぎゅう Grade: 2	ば Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 牛馬 (ngjuw mæ^X, literally “ox + horse”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) ぎゅうば [gyúꜜùbà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
- IPA^(key): [ɡʲɨᵝːba̠]

Noun

牛馬 (hiragana ぎゅうば, rōmaji gyūba, historical hiragana ぎうば)

oxen and horses, beasts of burden

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
牛	馬
うし Grade: 2	うま Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compound of 牛 (ushi, “ox”) +‎ 馬 (uma, “horse”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) うしうま [ùshíúmá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɕiɯ̟ᵝma̠]

Noun

牛馬 (hiragana うしうま, rōmaji ushiuma)

a small breed of horse, extinct since 1947

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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