牛馬
See also: 牛马
Chinese edit
ox; cow; bull | horse; surname | ||
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trad. (牛馬) | 牛 | 馬 | |
simp. (牛马) | 牛 | 马 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
牛馬
- oxen and horses; beasts of burden
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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牛 | 馬 |
ぎゅう Grade: 2 |
ば Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese compound 牛馬/牛马 (ngjuw mæX, literally “ox + horse”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- oxen and horses, beasts of burden
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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牛 | 馬 |
うし Grade: 2 |
うま Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 牛 (ushi, “ox”) + 馬 (uma, “horse”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN