Pronunciation
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牝馬
- (literary) mare; female horse
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of
母馬 (“female horse; mare”)
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Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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牝馬, 騇 rare
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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母馬, 騍馬, 雌馬
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Mandarin
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Beijing
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母馬, 騍馬
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Taiwan
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母馬
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Tianjin
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母馬
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Chengde
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騍馬
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Tangshan
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騍馬
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Cangzhou
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母馬
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Baoding
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母馬, 騍馬
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Shijiazhuang
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騍馬
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Chifeng
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母馬
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Heihe
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母馬, 騍馬
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Qiqihar
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騍馬
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Harbin
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母馬, 騍馬
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Jiamusi
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騍馬
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Baicheng
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騍馬
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Changchun
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騍馬
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Tonghua
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騍馬
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Shenyang
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騍馬
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Dandong
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母馬, 騍馬
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Jinzhou
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騍馬
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Dalian
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騍馬
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Yantai
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母馬
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Qingdao
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母馬, 騍馬
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Lijin
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騍馬
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Zhucheng
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騍馬
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Jinan
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母馬, 騍馬
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Jining
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騍馬
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Luoyang
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騍馬
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Wanrong
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騍馬, 馬母子 has just given birth to a foal
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Shangqiu
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騍馬
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Yuanyang
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母馬, 騇馬
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Zhengzhou
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母馬
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Lingbao
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水馬
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Xinyang
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騍馬
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Baihe
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母馬
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Hanzhong
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母馬
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Xi'an
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騍馬
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Baoji
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騍馬
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Yinchuan
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騍馬
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Tianshui
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騍馬
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Lanzhou
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騍馬
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Dunhuang
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騍馬
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Xining
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騍馬
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Hami
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騍馬
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Ürümqi
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騍馬
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Wuhan
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母馬
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Chengdu
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母馬
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Nanchong
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母馬
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Dazhou
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母馬
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Hanyuan
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母馬
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Xichang
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母馬
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Chongqing
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母馬
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Guiyang
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母馬, 騍馬
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Zunyi
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母馬
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Bijie
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母馬, 騍馬, 全馬
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Liping
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母馬
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Zhaotong
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騍馬
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Dali
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母馬, 騍馬
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Kunming
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母馬, 騍馬
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Mengzi
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草馬
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Guilin
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母馬
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Liuzhou
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母馬
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Jishou
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馬娘
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Changde
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母馬
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Anqing
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母馬
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Xuzhou
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母馬
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Fuyang
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騍馬
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Wuhu
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母馬
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Yangzhou
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母馬
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Lianyungang
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母馬
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Lianshui
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母馬
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Nanjing
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母馬, 騍馬
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Hefei
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母馬
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Nantong
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母馬
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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馬乸
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Hong Kong
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馬乸
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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馬乸
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Macau
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馬乸
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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馬乸
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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馬乸
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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馬乸
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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馬乸
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Foshan
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馬乸
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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馬乸
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Foshan (Shunde)
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馬乸
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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馬乸
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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馬乸
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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馬乸
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Zhuhai (Qianshan)
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馬乸
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Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
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馬乸
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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馬乸
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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馬乸
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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馬乸
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Taishan
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馬乸
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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馬乸
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Enping (Niujiang)
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馬乸
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Heshan (Yayao)
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馬乸
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Dongguan
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馬乸
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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馬乸
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Yangjiang
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馬乸
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Gan
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Nanchang
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母馬
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Hakka
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Meixian
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馬嫲
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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馬牸
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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馬嫲
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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馬嫲
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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馬嫲
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Conghua (Lütian)
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馬嫲
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Yudu
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馬婆
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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騍馬, 母馬
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Yangyuan
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騍馬
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Datong
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騍馬
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Xinzhou
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母馬, 騍馬
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Lishi
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母馬, 騍馬
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Linfen
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騍馬
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Changzhi
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騍馬
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Linhe
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騍馬
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Jining
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騍馬
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Hohhot
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騍馬
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Erenhot
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母馬
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Pingshan
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騍馬
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Zhangjiakou
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騍馬
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Handan
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母馬, 草馬
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Linzhou
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母馬
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Suide
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騍馬
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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馬嫲
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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馬母
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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馬母
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Quanzhou
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馬母
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Zhangzhou
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馬母
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Chaozhou
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馬母
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Jieyang
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馬母
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Leizhou
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馬母
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Haikou
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馬母
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Zhongshan Min
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Shaxi (Longdu)
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馬母
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Wu
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Shanghai
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雌馬
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Shanghai (Songjiang)
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雌馬
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Suzhou
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雌馬
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Danyang
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母馬
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Ningbo
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騍馬
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Wenzhou
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草馬, 馬娘 has given birth
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Xiang
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Changsha
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馬婆子, 馬婆
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Shuangfeng
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馬婆子
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Descendants
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Japanese
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Etymology 1
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From Middle Chinese 牝馬 (MC bjijX maeX). The 漢音 (kan'on), so a later borrowing.
Pronunciation
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牝馬 • (hinba)
- mare (female horse)
Usage notes
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- Now the most common term for mare in Japanese.
Etymology 2
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From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[2]
Pronunciation
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牝馬 • (meuma)
- mare (female horse)
Etymology 3
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Attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō of 934 CE.[2]
牝馬 • (mema)
- mare (female horse)
See also
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References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “牝馬”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000