馬子
See also: 马子
Chinese
horse; surname | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
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trad. (馬子) | 馬 | 子 | |
simp. (马子) | 马 | 子 |
Etymology
During the Han Dynasty, the emperor's commode was called 虎子 (hǔzǐ). However, the grandfather of Emperor Gaozu of Tang was called 李虎 (Lǐ Hǔ). Because it was forbidden for common items to contain the given names of members of the imperial family (see Naming taboo), 虎子 was changed to 馬子/马子 (mǎzi), which morphed later into 馬桶/马桶 (mǎtǒng).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mǎzi̊h
- Wade–Giles: ma3-tzŭ5
- Yale: mǎ-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maa.tzy
- Palladius: мацзы (maczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mä²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maa5 zi2
- Yale: máh jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: maa5 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: ma5 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /maː¹³ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 馬子
- nightstool; closestool; commode; toilet; chamber pot
- (gambling) chip
- (chiefly Taiwan)(vulgar) girlfriend
Synonyms
- (chamber pot; toilet): 馬桶/马桶 (mǎtǒng)
- (chip): 籌碼/筹码 (chóumǎ)
- (girlfriend): 女朋友 (nǚpéngyou), 女友 (nǚyǒu); (slang) 女盆友 (nǚpényǒu); (Cantonese, slang) 女女 (nǚnǚ)
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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馬 | 子 |
ま Grade: 2 |
こ > ご Grade: 1 |
jūbakoyomi |
Noun
- packhorse driver
- 馬子にも衣装
- mago ni mo ishō
- (proverb) the clothes make the man
- 山んばばあと馬子どん
- Yamanbabā to mago don
- the Mountain-Witch and the Packhorse Driver, an Okinawan folktale
- 馬子にも衣装
Proper noun
Kanji in this term | |
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馬 | 子 |
うま Grade: 2 |
こ Grade: 1 |
kun'yomi |
- a male given name
- 蘇我馬子 (Soga-no Umako) - famous leader of the Soga clan (died 626).
References
- Jim Breen's 'EDICT'
- The new Nelson Japanese-English character dictionary
- NTC's New Japanese-English Dictionary
- David Galef's book on proverbs "Even Monkeys Fall From Trees"
- Daniel Crump Buchanan's book "Japanese Proverbs and Sayings"
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