天馬
Chinese
| day; sky; heaven | horse; surname | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (天馬) | 天 | 馬 | |
| simp. (天马) | 天 | 马 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
天馬
- (literary, laudatory) fine horse
- (literary, Chinese mythology) mythical horse ridden by the Celestial Emperor
- (literary, Chinese mythology) white dog-like beast with a black head, which flies when it sees people
- (literary, Chinese astronomy) a star in the Legs mansion
- (literary) praying mantis
- (literary, Greek mythology) Pegasus
Synonyms
(mantis):
Dialectal synonyms of 螳螂 (“praying mantis”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 螳蜋, 螳蠰, 蟷蜋, 蟷蠰, 䖨蜋, 莫貈, 蛑, 髦, 不過, 虰, 蝆蝆, 天馬, 齕疣, 食疣, 蚚父, 拒斧, 蜛蚥, 馬敫, 勇蟲 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 螳螂 | |
| Taxonomic name | 螳螂 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 刀螂 |
| Taiwan | 螳螂 | |
| Tianjin | 刀螂 | |
| Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 刀螂 | |
| Harbin | 刀螂 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 刀龍 | |
| Qingdao | 刀螂 | |
| Jinan | 刀螂 | |
| Luoyang | 螳螂 | |
| Wanrong | 鋤田老漢 | |
| Zhengzhou | 砍刀 | |
| Xi'an | 猴子 | |
| Xining | 螳螂 | |
| Ürümqi | 猴子 | |
| Wuhan | 修子, 蔥擔婆 | |
| Chengdu | 螳螂, 猴子, 孫猴子 | |
| Guiyang | 螳螂 | |
| Guilin | 螳螂 | |
| Liuzhou | 馬螂䗧 | |
| Xuzhou | 砍頭螂 | |
| Yangzhou | 刀螂子 | |
| Nanjing | 螳螂 | |
| Hefei | 刀螂 | |
| Singapore | 螳螂 | |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 猴子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 馬螂狂 |
| Hong Kong | 螳螂, 馬螂狂 dated | |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 斬柴郎 | |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 羊貓哥 | |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 斬刀娘 | |
| Taishan | 鉸剪霎 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 馬交螂 | |
| Dongguan | 螳螂 | |
| Yunfu | 馬螂狂 | |
| Yangjiang | 馬騮狂 | |
| Nanning | 馬螂狂 | |
| Wuzhou | 馬螂狂 | |
| Yulin | 馬螂狂 | |
| Hepu (Lianzhou) | 馬螂狂 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 螳螂 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 馬螂狂 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 螳螂 |
| Lichuan | 螳螂 | |
| Pingxiang | 猴子 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 螳螂仔, 螳螂 |
| Zengcheng (Zhengguo) | 老虎阿哥 | |
| Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 老虎哥 | |
| Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 豹虎哥 | |
| Wuhua (Huacheng) | 禾擔竿, 擔竿板, 生鹵刀嫲 | |
| Wuhua (Changbu) | 豹虎哥 | |
| Wuhua (Mianyang) | 豹虎哥 | |
| Yudu | 碓雞公, 猴子 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 草馬仔, 挨礱披波, 老虎哥 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 竹篙鬼, 調羹仔, 㧡擔竿, 㧡水擔竿, 五爪鬼, 草馬仔, 挨礱披波 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 老虎哥, 挨礱披波, 草馬仔 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 草馬, 挨礱噓呼 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 挨礱披波, 草馬仔, 草馬, 老虎哥 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 草猴 | |
| Hong Kong | 豹虎哥 | |
| Luchuan (Daqiao) | 馬猴螳 | |
| Senai (Huiyang) | 螳螂, 斬刀羊 dated | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 滾龍狂 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 扁擔婆, 吃猴蟲 |
| Pingyao | 扁擔, 吃猴蟲兒 | |
| Xinzhou | 掐猴猴蟲, 槌敲 | |
| Taibus (Baochang) | 簸簸箕 | |
| Linhe | 簸簸箕 | |
| Hohhot | 螳螂, 扁擔 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 蘆螞 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 草蜢哥 |
| Fuqing | 慘蜢 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 草猴, 草衝 |
| Quanzhou | 芒螳 | |
| Zhangzhou | 虎魯舅 | |
| Pinghe | 老虎舅 | |
| Taipei | 草猴 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 草猴 | |
| Kaohsiung | 草猴 | |
| Yilan | 草猴 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 螳螂 | |
| Taichung | 草猴 | |
| Tainan | 草猴 | |
| Hsinchu | 草猴, 鐵頭 | |
| Kinmen | 國舅, 樹貓 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 草猴 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 草猴, 草衝, 樹貓 | |
| Zhangping (Yongfu) | 灶雞 | |
| Chaozhou | 草猴 | |
| Shantou | 草猴 | |
| Shantou (Chenghai) | 草猴 | |
| Jieyang | 草猴 | |
| Haifeng | 苦舅 | |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 杜猴 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 草猴 | |
| Pontianak (Teochew) | 草猴 | |
| Wenchang | 擔油公, 日頭翼 | |
| Haikou | 擔油公 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 草猴 |
| Xianyou | 草猴 | |
| Min Zhong | Yong'an | 螳螂 |
| Zhongshan Min | Sanxiang | 馬喵螂 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 馬螂䗧 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 虎頭劈 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 螳螂 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 螳螂 | |
| Suzhou | 螳螂 | |
| Danyang | 蚱螂 | |
| Hangzhou | 螳螂 | |
| Wenzhou | 頭毛公公, 頭毛娘, 頭毛虎, 頭毛吊, 打刀娘, 剪裾娘, 紫金娘 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 禾老蟲 |
| Xiangtan | 禾老虎 | |
| Loudi | 禾老蟲 | |
| Shuangfeng | 禾老蟲 | |
| Quanzhou | 螳螂 | |
Proper noun
天馬
- (～街道) Tianma (a subdistrict of Changshan, Quzhou, Zhejiang, China)
Derived terms
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 天 | 馬 |
| Grade: 1 | Grade: 2 |
Etymology 1
From Chinese 天馬.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tẽ̞mːa̠]
Noun
天馬 • (tenma)
- (Japanese mythology, fiction) Heavenly steed
Proper noun
天馬 (kana テンマ, romaji Tenma)
- a surname
Descendants
- English: Tenma
Etymology 2
天 (“sky”) + 馬 (“horse”). From Ancient Greek Πήγασος (Pḗgasos), and associated with the term sky horse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pe̞ɡa̠sa̠sɨᵝ]
Noun
天馬 • (pegasasu)
- (mythology, fiction) pegasus, a winged horse
Proper noun
天馬 (kana ペガサス, romaji Pegasasu)
- (Greek mythology) The Pegasus winged horse
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 天 | 馬 |
Proper noun
天馬 • (Cheonma) (hangeul 천마)
- Hanja form? of 천마.
Vietnamese
Han character
天馬
- chữ Hán form of thiên mã.
- chữ Hán form of Thiên Mã.