馬上
See also: 马上
Chinese
horse; surname | up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up | ||
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trad. (馬上) | 馬 | 上 | |
simp. (马上) | 马 | 上 | |
anagram | 上馬/上马 |
Etymology
From 馬背上 (mǎ bèi shàng), "on horseback", by extension, "at once; immediately", on account of the horse being the fastest mode of transportation in ancient times.[1]
Pronunciation
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Adverb
(deprecated template usage) 馬上
- at once; immediately; without delay; in a minute
- (literally, literary) on horseback
Synonyms
- (at once):
Dialectal synonyms of 馬上 (“immediately; at once”) [map]
Related terms
References
- ^ 文若愚 (2014) 语言常识全知道, 中国华侨出版社
Further reading
- “Entry #6830”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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馬 | 上 |
ば Grade: 2 |
じょう Grade: 1 |
on'yomi |
Noun
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
- Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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