木牛流馬

Chinese

		Muniu, a monocycle	Liuma, a quadricycle
trad. (木牛流馬)		木牛	流馬
simp. (木牛流马)		木牛	流马

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùniú liúmǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄇㄚˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùniú liúmǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùnióu lióumǎ
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-niu² liu²-ma³
    • Yale: mù-nyóu lyóu-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhniou lioumaa
    • Palladius: муню люма (munju ljuma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

木牛流馬

1. name of two type of carts invented during the Three Kingdoms, credited to Zhuge Kongming, used for transportation of army provisions, according to some historical records.