竹馬

See also: 竹马

Chinese

		bamboo	horse; surname
trad. (竹馬)		竹	馬
simp. (竹马)		竹	马

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhúmǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ maa⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tek-bé / tiok-má

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhúmǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhúmǎ
    • Wade–Giles: chu²-ma³
    • Yale: jú-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwumaa
    • Palladius: чжума (čžuma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhúmǎr
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄚˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhúmǎr
    • Wade–Giles: chu²-ma³-ʼrh
    • Yale: jú-mǎr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwumaal
    • Palladius: чжумар (čžumar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ mɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹ maa⁵
    • Yale: jūk máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ maː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-bé
    • Tâi-lô: tik-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dekbea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ be⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ be⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiok-má
    • Tâi-lô: tiok-má
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diokmar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ mã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ mã⁵³/

Note: tiok-má - literary.

Noun

竹馬

1. hobby horse (toy)
2. bamboo horse used in folk dance

Derived terms

• 竹馬之友／竹马之友
• 青梅竹馬／青梅竹马 (qīngméizhúmǎ)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tek-bé / tek-bée

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-bé
    • Tâi-lô: tik-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dekbea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ be⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ be⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-bée
    • Tâi-lô: tik-bée
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ bɛ⁵³/

Noun

竹馬

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) bamboo shelf on both ends of a bamboo bed to support the bedboard
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien, derogatory) person who walks with long legs

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 竹馬椅仔／竹马椅仔, 馬椅仔／马椅仔, 馬椅仔跤／马椅仔跤

Verb

竹馬

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to be poisoned by eating the insects inside bamboo (of a cow)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
竹	馬
ちく Grade: 1	ば Grade: 2
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
竹	馬
たけ Grade: 1	うま Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 竹 (take, chiku, “bamboo”) +‎ 馬 (uma, ba, “horse”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たけうま [tàkéúmá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ke̞ɯ̟ᵝma̠]

• (Tokyo) ち​くば [chíꜜkùbà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) ちく​ば [chìkúꜜbà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi̥kɯ̟ᵝba̠]

Noun

竹(たけ)馬(うま) or 竹(ちく)馬(ば) • (takeuma or chikuba) 

1. (literal) a bamboo horse (bamboo toy that resembles a horse that children can ride on)
2. bamboo stilts (walking pole)
3. walking on bamboo stilts

(alternative reading hiragana ちくば, rōmaji chikuba)

1. Synonym of 幼時 (yōji, “childhood”) (time when one is a child)

Derived terms

• 竹(ちく)馬(ば)の友(とも) (chikuba no tomo)

Korean

Hanja in this term
竹	馬

Noun

竹馬 • (jungma) (hangeul 죽마)

1. Hanja form^? of 죽마.