下馬

See also: 下马

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	horse; surname
trad. (下馬)		下	馬
simp. (下马)		下	马

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàmǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ maa⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hǎ-má / hā-má / hēe-má

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàmǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàmǎ
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-ma³
    • Yale: syà-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahmaa
    • Palladius: сяма (sjama)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ maa⁵
    • Yale: hah máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² maː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎ-má
    • Tâi-lô: hǎ-má
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ha²² mã⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-má
    • Tâi-lô: hā-má
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxmar
    • IPA (Taipei): /ha³³⁻¹¹ mã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha³³⁻²¹ mã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ mã⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-má
    • Tâi-lô: hēe-má
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ mã⁵³/

Verb

下馬

1. (literary) to dismount from one's horse
2. (literary) to fall from one's horse

   Synonym: (Hokkien) 落馬 / 落马 (luòmǎ)

3. (figurative) to discontinue; to abort (a plan or a project under progress); to call off

   Antonym: 上馬 / 上马 (shàngmǎ)

Derived terms

• 下馬威 / 下马威 (xiàmǎwēi)
• 下馬碑 / 下马碑 (xiàmǎbēi)