弼馬溫

See also: 弼马温

Chinese

		assist	horse; surname	(luke)warm; to review
trad. (弼馬溫/弼馬温)		弼	馬	溫/温
simp. (弼马温)		弼	马	温

Etymology

Homophone of 避馬瘟／避马瘟 (bìmǎwēn, “to prevent horse's disease”) in Mandarin. It is thought that adding monkey's urine to the fodder for horses can prevent horses falling ill.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bìmǎwēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄨㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bìmǎwēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bìmǎwun
    • Wade–Giles: Pi⁴-ma³-wên¹
    • Yale: Bì-mǎ-wēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bihmaauen
    • Palladius: Бимавэнь (Bimavɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən⁵⁵/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 弼馬溫

1. Official position for Sun Wukong (Monkey King) in the novel Journey to the West.