馬術

See also: 马术

Chinese

		horse; surname	method; technique
trad. (馬術)		馬	術
simp. (马术)		马	术

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ seot⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bé-su̍t / bée-su̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎshù
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-shu⁴
    • Yale: mǎ-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maashuh
    • Palladius: машу (mašu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ seot⁶
    • Yale: máh seuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ soet⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ sêd⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ sɵt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-su̍t
    • Tâi-lô: bé-su̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: befsut
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /be⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sut̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bée-su̍t
    • Tâi-lô: bée-su̍t
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɛ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sut̚¹²¹/

Noun

馬術

1. equestrianism, equestrian skills, horsemanship

Japanese

馬術 (bajutsu): modern equestrianism.

馬術 (bajutsu): 犬追物 (inu-ou-mono), a dog-hunt of the Kamakura period.

Kanji in this term
馬	術
ば Grade: 2	じゅつ Grade: 5

Etymology

Origin unclear. Possibly borrowed from Middle Chinese 馬術 (mˠa^X ʑiuɪt̚, literally “horse + technique”); compare Min Nan reading bé-su̍t.

Alternatively, a Japanese coinage as a compound of Chinese-derived elements 馬 (ba, “horse”) +‎ 術 (jutsu, “technique”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ば​じゅつ [báꜜjùtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ba̠ʑɨᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

馬(ば)術(じゅつ) • (bajutsu) 

1. equestrianism, equestrian skills, horsemanship

Synonyms

• 乗(じょう)馬(ば)術(じゅつ) (jōbajutsu)

See also

• 流鏑馬(やぶさめ) (yabusame): a traditional kind of horseback archery competition