對馬

Chinese

		couple; pair; to be opposite couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards sth); right	horse; surname
trad. (對馬)		對	馬
simp. (对马)		对	马

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 対(つし)馬(ま) (Tsushima).

Pulleyblank (1962: part II, p218) proposes that the character 對／对 once ended in -s during the Old Chinese period, and that this is responsible for the usage of 對／对 in the placename.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Duìmǎ
(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): deoi³ maa⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Duìmǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Duèimǎ
  - Wade–Giles: Tui⁴-ma³
  - Yale: Dwèi-mǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dueymaa
  - Palladius: Дуйма (Dujma)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tweɪ̯⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: deoi³ maa⁵
  - Yale: deui máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: doey³ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: dêu³ ma⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵy̯³³ maː¹³/

Proper noun

對馬

(～島) Tsushima Island (an island in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan)
(～市) Tsushima (a city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan)
An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 対馬, Tsushima

Japanese

Kanji in this term
對	馬
つし Hyōgaiji	ま Grade: 2
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 對馬 – see the following entry.

【対馬つしま】

[proper noun] Tsushima Island

[proper noun] a surname

(This term, 對馬, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)