See also: 牛马

Chinese edit

ox; cow; bull horse; surname
trad. (牛馬)
simp. (牛马)

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

牛馬

  1. oxen and horses; beasts of burden

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
ぎゅう
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 牛馬牛马 (ngjuw mæX, literally ox + horse).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ぎゅう)() (gyūbaぎうば (giuba)?

  1. oxen and horses, beasts of burden

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
うし
Grade: 2
うま
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compound of (ushi, ox) +‎ (uma, horse).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(うし)(うま) (ushiuma

  1. a small breed of horse, extinct since 1947

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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