竹馬

See also: 竹马

Chinese

		bamboo	horse; surname
trad. (竹馬)		竹	馬
simp. (竹马)		竹	马

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhúmǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ maa⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tek-bé / tiok-má

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhúmǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhúmǎ
    • Wade–Giles: chu²-ma³
    • Yale: jú-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwumaa
    • Palladius: чжума (čžuma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹ maa⁵
    • Yale: jūk máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ maː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-bé / tiok-má
    • Tâi-lô: tik-bé / tiok-má
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dekbea, diokmar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ be⁵³/, /tiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ mã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪk̚⁵⁻²⁴ be⁵⁵⁴/, /tiɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ mã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ be⁵³/, /tiɔk̚³²⁻⁵ mã⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ be⁵³/, /tiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ mã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ be⁴¹/, /tiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ mã⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 竹馬

1. a bamboo stick used as a toy horse
2. a bamboo horse used in a folk dance

See also

• 青梅竹馬／青梅竹马 (qīngméizhúmǎ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
竹	馬
ちく Grade: 1	ば Grade: 2
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
竹	馬
たけ Grade: 1	うま Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 竹 (take, chiku, “bamboo”) +‎ 馬 (uma, ba, “horse”).

Noun

竹(たけ)馬(うま) or 竹(ちく)馬(ば) • (takeuma or chikuba) 

1. (literal) a bamboo horse (bamboo toy that resembles a horse that children can ride on)
2. bamboo stilts (walking pole)
3. walking on bamboo stilts

(alternative reading hiragana ちくば, rōmaji chikuba)

1. Synonym of 幼時 (yōji, “childhood”) (time when one is a child)

Derived terms

• 竹(ちく)馬(ば)の友(とも) (chikuba no tomo)