竹馬之友

Chinese

		hobby horse; bamboo horse used in folk dance	's; him/her/it; this	friend
trad. (竹馬之友)		竹馬	之	友
simp. (竹马之友)		竹马	之	友

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhúmǎzhīyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄓ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ maa⁵ zi¹ jau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhúmǎzhīyǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄓ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhúmǎjhihyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chu²-ma³-chih¹-yu³
    • Yale: jú-mǎ-jr̄-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwumaajyyeou
    • Palladius: чжумачжию (čžumačžiju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹ maa⁵ zi¹ jau⁵
    • Yale: jūk máh jī yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ maa⁵ dzi¹ jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ ma⁵ ji¹ yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ maː¹³ t͡siː⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³/

Idiom

竹馬之友

1. childhood friend

Descendants

• → Japanese: (calque) 竹(ちく)馬(ば)の友(とも) (chikuba no tomo)

See also

• Korean: 죽마고우(竹馬故友) (jungmagou)