報馬仔
Chinese edit
| man who brings news of appointment, promotion, or success in imperial examinations | minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility | ||
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| trad. (報馬仔) | 報馬 | 仔 | |
| simp. (报马仔) | 报马 | 仔 | |
Pronunciation edit
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pò-bé-á / pò-bée-á
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò-bé-á
- Tâi-lô: pò-bé-á
- Phofsit Daibuun: poirbefar
- IPA (Taipei): /po¹¹⁻⁵³ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /po²¹⁻⁵³ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò-bée-á
- Tâi-lô: pò-bée-á
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /po²¹⁻⁵³ bɛ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
Noun edit
報馬仔
- (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, archaic) man who brings news of appointment, promotion, or success in imperial examinations (in expectation of a reward)
- (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) informant; informer; spy
- (Xiamen Hokkien) someone who announces the procession of a deity
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) someone with a loose tongue