河馬

See also: 河马

Chinese

		river	horse; surname
trad. (河馬)		河	馬
simp. (河马)		河	马
anagram		馬河／马河

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hémǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ maa⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hò-mâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô-bé / hô-bée
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶wu-mo

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hémǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hémǎ
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-ma³
    • Yale: hé-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hermaa
    • Palladius: хэма (xɛma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 河馬／河马 荷馬／荷马

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ho⁴ maa⁵
    • Yale: hòh máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ maː¹³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 河馬／河马 荷馬／荷马

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-mâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: hoˇ ma´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho² ma¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ ma²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-bé
    • Tâi-lô: hô-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'bea
    • IPA (Singapore): /ho²⁴⁻²¹ be⁴²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² be⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ be⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-bée
    • Tâi-lô: hô-bée
    • IPA (Penang): /ho²³⁻²¹ bɛ⁴⁴⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶wu-mo
    • MiniDict: wu^去 mo
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu-mo
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² mo⁴⁴/

Noun

河馬

1. hippopotamus; hippo

Derived terms

• 倭河馬／倭河马 (wōhémǎ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (河馬):

• → Korean: 하마(河馬) (hama)
• → Vietnamese: hà mã (河馬)

Japanese

河馬 (kaba): a hippopotamus.

Kanji in this term
河	馬
か Grade: 5	ば Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Calque of Dutch revierpaard, obsolete form of rivierpaard (literally “river horse”), attested in the Doeff-Halma Dictionary, mainly edited in 1816-1817 and published in 1833 (scan available here).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) か​ば [káꜜbà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ba̠]

Noun

河(か)馬(ば) or 河馬(カバ) • (kaba) 

1. a hippopotamus

Usage notes

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カバ.

Derived terms

• コビトカバ (kobitokaba, “pygmy hippopotamus”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
河	馬

Noun

河馬 • (hama) (hangeul 하마)

1. Hanja form^? of 하마 (“hippopotamus”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
河	馬

Noun

河馬

1. chữ Hán form of hà mã (“hippopotamus”).