五花馬

Chinese

		variegated; so so; average	horse; surname
trad. (五花馬)		五花	馬
simp. (五花马)		五花	马

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔhuāmǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ faa¹ maa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔhuāmǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔhuamǎ
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-hua¹-ma³
    • Yale: wǔ-hwā-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuhuamaa
    • Palladius: ухуама (uxuama)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ faa¹ maa⁵
    • Yale: ńgh fā máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ faa¹ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ fa¹ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ faː⁵⁵ maː¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: nguX xwae maeX

Rime
Character	五	花	馬
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	曉 (32)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	麻 (99)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	II	II
Fanqie	疑古切	呼瓜切	莫下切
Baxter	nguX	xwae	maeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuoX/	/hˠua/	/mˠaX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuoX/	/hʷᵚa/	/mᵚaX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋoX/	/xua/	/maX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɔX/	/hwaɨ/	/maɨX/
Li Rong	/ŋoX/	/xua/	/maX/
Wang Li	/ŋuX/	/xwa/	/maX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋuoX/	/xwa/	/maX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǔ	huā	mǎ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ng5	faa1	maa5

Noun

五花馬

1. variegated horse

   • 朝騎五花馬，謁帝出銀臺。 [MSC, trad.]
     朝骑五花马，谒帝出银台。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Tang Dynasty, Li Bai, 《相逢行》

     Zhāo qí wǔhuāmǎ, yè dì chū yíntái. [Pinyin]

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   • 身騎五花馬 [MSC, trad.]
     身骑五花马 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Ming Dynasty, Tang Xianzu, 《牡丹亭·勸農》

     shēn qí wǔhuāmǎ [Pinyin]

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