駟馬

Chinese

		team of 4 horses	horse; surname
trad. (駟馬)		駟	馬
simp. (驷马)		驷	马

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sìmǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ maa⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sìmǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄇㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìhmǎ
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-ma³
  - Yale: sz̀-mǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhmaa
  - Palladius: сыма (syma)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si³ maa⁵
  - Yale: si máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si³ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi³ ma⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ maː¹³/

Noun

駟馬

(literary) team of four horses (usually pulling a single carriage)

Derived terms

駟馬難追 / 驷马难追 (sìmǎnánzhuī)
駟馬高車 / 驷马高车
高車駟馬 / 高车驷马

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (駟馬):

→ Japanese: 駟馬(しば) (shiba); 駟馬(しめ) (shime)
→ Korean: 사마(駟馬) (sama)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
駟	馬
し Hyōgai	め Grade: 2
on'yomi	goon

Kanji in this term
駟	馬
し Hyōgai	ば Grade: 2
on'yomi	kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しば [shíꜜbà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕiba̠]

(Tokyo) しめ [shíꜜmè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕime̞]

Noun

駟(し)馬(ば) or 駟(し)馬(め) • (shiba or shime)

four horses pulling a single carriage

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN