上馬

See also: 上马

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	horse; surname
trad. (上馬)		上	馬
simp. (上马)		上	马
anagram		馬上／马上

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngmǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ maa⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sông-mâ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-má / siāng-má / chiōⁿ-bée

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zion⁶ bhê²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngmǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngmǎ
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-ma³
    • Yale: shàng-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqmaa
    • Palladius: шанма (šanma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ maa⁵
    • Yale: séuhng máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ maː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sông-mâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: song´ ma´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: song¹ ma¹
    • Sinological IPA: /soŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ma²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-má
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-má
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngmar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ mã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² mã⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-má
    • Tâi-lô: siāng-má
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngmar
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²⁻²¹ mã⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiōⁿ-bée
    • Tâi-lô: tsiōnn-bée
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔ̃²²⁻²¹ bɛ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zion⁶ bhê²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiŏⁿ bé
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩõ³⁵⁻¹¹ be⁵²/

Verb

上馬

1. to mount a horse; to climb onto the back of a horse
2. (Mainland China or Cantonese, slang) to begin a big project
3. (Cantonese, slang) to have sex

Derived terms

• 上馬坳／上马坳 (Shàngmǎ'ào)