水馬

Chinese

		water; river	horse; surname
trad. (水馬)		水	馬
simp. (水马)		水	马

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐmǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² maa⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-bé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐmǎ [Phonetic: shuímǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěimǎ
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-ma³
    • Yale: shwěi-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeimaa
    • Palladius: шуйма (šujma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² maa⁵
    • Yale: séui máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ maː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-bé
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'bea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ be⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ be⁴¹/

Noun

水馬

1. (literary) water strider
2. water-filled barrier

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
水	馬
あめん Grade: 1	ば > ぼ Grade: 2 (ateji)
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 水馬 – see the following entry.

【飴棒あめんぼ】 [noun] a water strider Alternative spellings 飴坊, 水黽, アメンボ

(This term, 水馬, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
水	馬
すい Grade: 1	ば Grade: 2
on’yomi

水 (sui, “water”) +‎ 馬 (ba, “horse”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) す​いば [súꜜìbà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝiba̠]

Noun

水(すい)馬(ば) • (suiba) 

1. techniques for crossing water bodies on horseback
2. Synonym of 飴棒 (amenbo, “water strider”)