馬留

馬留

Chinese

		horse; surname	leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
trad. (馬留)		馬	留
simp. (马留)		马	留
variant forms		馬流／马流 馬騮／马骝 Cantonese “monkey”

Etymology

A substrate Tai-Kadai loanword, compare Zhuang maxlaeuz (“monkey”). Perhaps cognate with 猱 (OC *ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us, “yellow-haired monkey”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): maa⁵ lau^4-1, maa^5-1 lau^4-1

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ma² leu², ma¹ leu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mǎliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maaliou
    • IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ lau^4-1, maa^5-1 lau^4-1
    • Yale: máh lāu, mā lāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ lau^4-1, maa^5-1 lau^4-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ leo¹, ma¹ leo¹
    • IPA ^(key): /mäː¹³ lɐu̯²¹⁻⁵⁵/, /mäː¹³⁻⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹⁻⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ma² leu², ma¹ leu²
    • IPA ^(key): /ᵐba⁵⁵ leu⁵⁵/, /ᵐba³³ leu⁵⁵/

Noun

馬留

1. (archaic or Cantonese) monkey
2. (archaic) Malay people