馬尾

See also: 马尾

Chinese

		horse; surname	tail
trad. (馬尾)		馬	尾
simp. (马尾)		马	尾

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎwěi

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ mei⁵
Eastern Min (BUC): mā-muōi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bé-bé / bé-bóe / bée-bóe

(Teochew, Peng'im): bhê² bhuê²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǎwěi [Phonetic: máwěi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǎwěi
  - Wade–Giles: ma³-wei³
  - Yale: mǎ-wěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maawoei
  - Palladius: мавэй (mavɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa⁵ mei⁵
  - Yale: máh méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ méi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ mei̯¹³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mā-muōi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma³³⁻³⁵ mui³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-bé
  - Tâi-lô: bé-bé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: befbea
  - IPA (Taipei): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-bóe
  - Tâi-lô: bé-bué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: befboea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bée-bóe
  - Tâi-lô: bée-bué
  - IPA (Penang): /bɛ⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ bue⁴⁴⁵/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhê² bhuê²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bé bué
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /be⁵²⁻³⁵ bue⁵²⁻²¹/

馬尾

Dialectal synonyms of 馬尾辮 (“ponytail (hairstyle)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		馬尾辮
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	馬尾
Cantonese	Hong Kong	馬尾
Cantonese	Dongguan	馬尾
Southern Min	Tainan	頭鬃尾, 毛尾仔
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	馬尾

馬尾

May be from Middle Chinese compound 馬尾 (MC maeX mj+jX). The 漢音 (kan'on), so a borrowing from no earlier than the Heian period.

馬(ば)尾(び) • (babi)

Apparently derived from 簀, 簾 (su, “latticework, matting, or netting in a strainer”), as horsehair was often used to make this.^[2]

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).

馬尾(す) • (su)

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN