斑馬

See also: 斑马

Chinese

		variegated	horse; surname
trad. (斑馬)		斑	馬
simp. (斑马)		斑	马

斑馬/斑马

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bānmǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baan¹ maa⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pân-mâ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pan-bé / pan-má

(Teochew, Peng'im): bang¹ bhê²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pe-mo

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bānmǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢㄇㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: banmǎ
  - Wade–Giles: pan¹-ma³
  - Yale: bān-mǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banmaa
  - Palladius: баньма (banʹma)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baan¹ maa⁵
  - Yale: bāan máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baan¹ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ban¹ ma⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn⁵⁵ maː¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pân-mâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: ban^ˊ ma^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ban¹ ma¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pan²⁴⁻¹¹ ma²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pan-bé
  - Tâi-lô: pan-bé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: panbea
  - IPA (Singapore): /pan⁴⁴⁻²² be⁴²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pan⁴⁴⁻³³ be⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pan⁴⁴⁻³³ be⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pan⁴⁴⁻²² be⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pan-má
  - Tâi-lô: pan-má
  - Phofsit Daibuun: panmar
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pan⁴⁴⁻³³ mã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pan⁴⁴⁻³³ mã⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bang¹ bhê²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pang bé
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ³³⁻²³ be⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹pe-mo
  - MiniDict: pe^平 mo
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pe-mo
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pe⁵⁵ mo²¹/

Noun

斑馬

zebra (Classifier: 匹 m c; 隻／只 c mn)

Synonyms

(obsolete) 福祿／福禄 (fúlù)

Dialectal synonyms of 斑馬 (“zebra”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		斑馬
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	斑馬
Cantonese	Hong Kong	斑馬
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	斑馬
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	斑馬
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	斑馬
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	斑馬
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	斑馬
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	斑馬
Southern Min	Xiamen	花斑馬, 斑馬
	Tainan	斑馬, 花條馬 GT, 花斑馬 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	花斑馬, 斑馬, 烏白馬
Wu	Shanghai	斑馬
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

斑馬線／斑马线 (bānmǎxiàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
斑	馬
しまうま
Grade: S	Grade: 2
jukujikun

Etymology

Variant of 縞馬 (shimauma). Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 斑馬／斑马 (bānmǎ).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しまうま [shìmáúmá] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɕima̠ɯ̟ma̠]

Noun

斑馬(しまうま) or 斑馬(シマウマ) • (shimauma)

Alternative spelling of 縞馬 (“zebra”)