斑馬

See also: 斑马

Chinese

		variegated	horse; surname
trad. (斑馬)		斑	馬
simp. (斑马)		斑	马

斑馬/斑马

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bānmǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baan¹ maa⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pân-mâ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pan-bé / pan-má

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bang¹ bhê²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹pe-mo

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bānmǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: banmǎ
    • Wade–Giles: pan¹-ma³
    • Yale: bān-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banmaa
    • Palladius: баньма (banʹma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baan¹ maa⁵
    • Yale: bāan máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baan¹ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ban¹ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn⁵⁵ maː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pân-mâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ban´ ma´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ban¹ ma¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pan²⁴⁻¹¹ ma²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pan-bé
    • Tâi-lô: pan-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: panbea
    • IPA (Singapore): /pan⁴⁴⁻²² be⁴²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pan⁴⁴⁻³³ be⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pan⁴⁴⁻³³ be⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pan⁴⁴⁻²² be⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pan-má
    • Tâi-lô: pan-má
    • Phofsit Daibuun: panmar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pan⁴⁴⁻³³ mã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pan⁴⁴⁻³³ mã⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bang¹ bhê²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pang bé
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ³³⁻²³ be⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹pe-mo
    • MiniDict: pe^平 mo
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pe-mo
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pe⁵⁵ mo²¹/

Noun

斑馬

1. zebra (Classifier: 匹 m c; 隻／只 c mn)

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 福祿／福禄 (fúlù)

Dialectal synonyms of 斑馬 (“zebra”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		斑馬
Mandarin	Taiwan	斑馬
Cantonese	Hong Kong	斑馬
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	斑馬
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	斑馬
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	斑馬
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	斑馬
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	斑馬
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	斑馬
Southern Min	Xiamen	花斑馬, 斑馬
	Tainan	斑馬, 花條馬 GT, 花斑馬 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	花斑馬, 斑馬, 烏白馬
Wu	Shanghai	斑馬
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 斑馬線／斑马线 (bānmǎxiàn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
斑	馬
しま Grade: S	うま Grade: 2
jukujikun

Etymology

Variant of 縞馬 (shimauma). Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 斑馬／斑马 (bānmǎ).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しまうま [shìmáúmá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕima̠ɯ̟ᵝma̠]

Noun

斑(しま)馬(うま) or 斑馬(シマウマ) • (shimauma) 

1. Alternative spelling of 縞馬 (“zebra”)