牛馬

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: niúmǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioumaa
    • IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ maa⁵
    • Yale: ngàuh máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ ma⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ mäː¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General 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

1. oxen and horses; beasts of burden

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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)

1. 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)

1. a small breed of horse, extinct since 1947

References

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