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寶馬

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See also: 宝马

Chinese

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a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious horse; surname
trad. (寶馬)
simp. (宝马)
anagram 馬寶马宝
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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (1) (4)
Final () (89) (98)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I II
Fanqie
Baxter pawX maeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɑuX/ /mˠaX/
Pan
Wuyun
/pɑuX/ /mᵚaX/
Shao
Rongfen
/pɑuX/ /maX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pawX/ /maɨX/
Li
Rong
/pɑuX/ /maX/
Wang
Li
/pɑuX/ /maX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/pɑuX/ /maX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bou2 maa5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
bǎo
Middle
Chinese
‹ pawX › ‹ X ›
Old
Chinese
/*pˁuʔ/ /*mˁraʔ/
English precious thing horse

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3264 8715
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*puːʔ/ /*mraːʔ/

Noun

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寶馬

  1. precious horse; treasure horse
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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The vehicle brand is a phono-semantic matching of German BMW ( (bǎo) and () also have same respective initial sounds as English 'B' and 'M'). The name was introduced when the brand entered Hong Kong market in 1968. The term itself refers to a form of transportation used by aristocrats, which was cited by Xin Qiji's poem in 青玉案.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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寶馬

  1. (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau) BMW (automotive brand, including car, motorcycle)
Synonyms
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