報馬

Chinese

		to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge	horse; surname
trad. (報馬)		報	馬
simp. (报马)		报	马

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàomǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ maa⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pò-bé / pò-bée

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàomǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàomǎ
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴-ma³
    • Yale: bàu-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawmaa
    • Palladius: баома (baoma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou³ maa⁵
    • Yale: bou máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou³ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ maː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò-bé
    • Tâi-lô: pò-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poirbea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /po²¹⁻⁵³ be⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /po¹¹⁻⁵³ be⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ be⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ be⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò-bée
    • Tâi-lô: pò-bée
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /po²¹⁻⁵³ bɛ⁵³/

Noun

報馬

1. (literary or Southern Min, archaic) man who brings news of appointment, promotion, or success in imperial examinations (in expectation of a reward)
2. (literary or Xiamen Hokkien) informant; informer; spy
3. (Xiamen Hokkien) someone who announces the procession of a deity

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 報馬仔／报马仔
• (man who brings news): 報子／报子 (bàozi)