班馬

See also: 斑馬

Chinese

Etymology 1

		team; class; rank team; class; rank; squad; a work shift; a measure word; surname	horse; surname
trad. (班馬)		班	馬
simp. (班马)		班	马

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bānmǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baan¹ maa⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pan-bé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bānmǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: banmǎ
    • Wade–Giles: pan¹-ma³
    • Yale: bān-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banmaa
    • Palladius: баньма (banʹma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baan¹ maa⁵
    • Yale: bāan máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baan¹ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ban¹ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn⁵⁵ maː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pan-bé
    • Tâi-lô: pan-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: panbea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pan⁴⁴⁻²² be⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pan³³ be⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pan⁴⁴⁻²² be⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pan⁴⁴⁻³³ be⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pan⁴⁴⁻³³ be⁴¹/

Noun

班馬

1. (literary) stray horse

   • 邢伯告中行伯曰：「有班馬之聲，齊師其遁。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     邢伯告中行伯曰：「有班马之声，齐师其遁。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Xíng bó gào Zhōngháng bó yuē: “Yǒu bānmǎ zhī shēng, Qí shī qí dùn.” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 失羣班馬，迷輪亂轍。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     失群班马，迷轮乱辙。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 6th century, 庾信 (Yu Xin), 哀江南賦

     Shīqún bānmǎ, mí lún luàn zhé. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 揮手自茲去，蕭蕭班馬鳴。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     挥手自兹去，萧萧班马鸣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th century, Li Bai, 送友人

     Huīshǒu zì zī qù, xiāoxiāo bānmǎ míng. [Pinyin]

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   • 背櫪嘶班馬，分洲叫斷鴻。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     背枥嘶班马，分洲叫断鸿。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 8th century, 李嶠 (Li Jiao), 送光祿劉主簿之洛

     Bèi lì sī bānmǎ, fēn zhōu jiào duànhóng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

		team; class; rank team; class; rank; squad; a work shift; a measure word; surname	horse; surname
trad. (班馬)		班	馬
simp. (班马)		班	马

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baan¹ maa⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baan¹ maa⁵
    • Yale: bāan máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baan¹ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ban¹ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn⁵⁵ maː¹³/

Verb

班⫽馬 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, slang) to gather subordinates