駙馬

Chinese

		prince consort	horse; surname
trad. (駙馬)		駙	馬
simp. (驸马)		驸	马

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fùmǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶ maa⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fu-mâ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hū-má

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hu⁶ bhê²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fùmǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fùmǎ
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴-ma³
    • Yale: fù-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhmaa
    • Palladius: фума (fuma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁶ maa⁵
    • Yale: fuh máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²² maː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu-mâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu ma^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu⁴ ma¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵ ma²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hū-má
    • Tâi-lô: hū-má
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huxmar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu²²⁻²¹ mã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁴¹⁻²² mã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu²²⁻²¹ mã⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu³³⁻¹¹ mã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu³³⁻²¹ mã⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hu⁶ bhê²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hŭ bé
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu³⁵⁻¹¹ be⁵²/

Noun

駙馬

1. husband of a sovereign's daughter or sister; monarch's son-in-law or brother-in-law

Derived terms

• 招駙馬 / 招驸马
• 駙馬爺 / 驸马爷
• 駙馬都尉 / 驸马都尉
• 黃門駙馬 / 黄门驸马

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (駙馬):

• → Japanese: 駙馬(ふば) (fuba)
• → Korean: 부마(駙馬) (buma)

Others:

• → Vietnamese: phò mã

Japanese

Kanji in this term
駙	馬
ふ Hyōgai	ば Grade: 2
kan'on

Etymology

Middle Chinese 駙馬

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふば [fúꜜbà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ba̠]

Noun

駙(ふ)馬(ば) • (fuba) 

1. (historical, monarchy) a Chinese prince consort, the husband of a 公主 (kōshu, “Chinese princess”) and son-in-law of the Chinese emperor

See also

• 王(おう)配(はい) (ōhai)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
駙	馬

Noun

駙馬

1. chữ Hán form of phò mã (“husband of an emperor's daughter or sister; emperor's son-in-law or brother-in-law”).