跑馬

Chinese

		to run; to escape	horse; surname
trad. (跑馬)		跑	馬
simp. (跑马)		跑	马

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): pǎomǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˇ ㄇㄚˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): pao³ ma³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau² maa⁵
• Eastern Min (BUC): pàu-mā
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pháu-bé / pháu-bée / pháu-má
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶bau-mo

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǎomǎ [Phonetic: páomǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˇ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǎomǎ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao³-ma³
    • Yale: pǎu-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paomaa
    • Palladius: паома (paoma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: pao³ ma³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: paomaa
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰau⁵³ ma⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paau² maa⁵
    • Yale: páau máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau² maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao² ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯³⁵ maː¹³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pàu-mā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰau⁵³⁻³³ ma³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pháu-bé
    • Tâi-lô: pháu-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phaw'bea
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ be⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ be⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pháu-bée
    • Tâi-lô: pháu-bée
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɛ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pháu-má
    • Tâi-lô: pháu-má
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phawmar
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mã⁵⁵⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶bau-mo
    • MiniDict: bau^去 mo
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bau-mo
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bɔ²² mo⁴⁴/

Verb

跑馬

1. to ride a horse; to gallop on a horse
2. to have a horse race
3. (dialectal, Sichuanese, Wu, colloquial) to emit semen involuntarily; to have a wet dream

Synonyms

• (to ride a horse): 走馬／走马 (zǒumǎ), 騎馬／骑马 (qímǎ)
• (to emit semen): 遺精／遗精 (yíjīng); (Hokkien) 脫雞／脱鸡

Derived terms

• 行船跑馬三分險／行船跑马三分险
• 跑馬地／跑马地 (Pǎomǎdì)
• 跑馬場／跑马场 (pǎomǎchǎng)
• 跑馬射蚊鬚／跑马射蚊须
• 跑馬燈／跑马灯 (pǎomǎdēng)
• 跑馬賣解／跑马卖解
• 跑馬走解／跑马走解