馬蜂

馬蜂

Chinese

		horse; surname	bee; wasp
trad. (馬蜂)		馬	蜂
simp. (马蜂)		马	蜂
variant forms		螞蜂／蚂蜂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎfēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ fung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mǎfēng → mǎfeng (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄥ → ㄇㄚˇ ˙ㄈㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maa.feng
    • IPA ^(key): /ma̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵/ → /ma̠²¹⁴ fɤŋ⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ fung¹
    • Yale: máh fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ fung¹
    • IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

馬蜂

1. wasp; hornet

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 虎頭蜂／虎头蜂

Derived terms

馬蜂窩／马蜂窝 (mǎfēngwō)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (馬蜂):

• → Korean: 마봉 (馬蜂, mabong)