駟馬

Chinese

		team of 4 horses	horse; surname
trad. (駟馬)		駟	馬
simp. (驷马)		驷	马

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìmǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ maa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìmǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhmǎ
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-ma³
    • Yale: sz̀-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhmaa
    • Palladius: сыма (syma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si³ maa⁵
    • Yale: si máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si³ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi³ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ maː¹³/

Noun

駟馬

1. (literary) team of four horses (usually pulling a single carriage)

Derived terms

• 駟馬難追／驷马难追 (sìmǎnánzhuī)
• 駟馬高車／驷马高车
• 高車駟馬／高车驷马

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (駟馬):

• → Japanese: 駟馬(しば) (shiba); 駟馬(しめ) (shime)
• → Korean: 사마(駟馬) (sama)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
駟	馬
し Hyōgaiji	め Grade: 2
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
駟	馬
し Hyōgaiji	ば Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) し​ば [shíꜜbà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiba̠]

• (Tokyo) し​め [shíꜜmè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕime̞]

Noun

駟(し)馬(ば) or 駟(し)馬(め) • (shiba or shime) 

1. four horses pulling a single carriage