寶馬
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See also: 宝马
Chinese
| a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious | horse; surname | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (寶馬) | 寶 | 馬 | |
| simp. (宝马) | 宝 | 马 | |
| anagram | 馬寶／马宝 | ||
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄇㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bǎomǎ
- Wade–Giles: pao3-ma3
- Yale: bǎu-mǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baomaa
- Palladius: баома (baoma)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bou2 maa5
- Yale: bóu máh
- Cantonese Pinyin: bou2 maa5
- Guangdong Romanization: bou2 ma5
- Sinological IPA (key): /pou̯³⁵ maː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: pawX maeX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤuʔ mˤraʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*puːʔ mraːʔ/
Noun
寶馬
Derived terms
Etymology 2
The vehicle brand is a phono-semantic matching of German BMW (寶／宝 (bǎo) and 馬／马 (mǎ) also have same respective initial sounds as English 'B' and 'M'). The name was introduced when the brand entered Hong Kong market in 1968. The term itself refers to a form of transportation used by aristocrats, which was cited by Xin Qiji's poem in 青玉案.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄇㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Bǎomǎ
- Wade–Giles: Pao3-ma3
- Yale: Bǎu-mǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Baomaa
- Palladius: Баома (Baoma)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bou2 maa5
- Yale: bóu máh
- Cantonese Pinyin: bou2 maa5
- Guangdong Romanization: bou2 ma5
- Sinological IPA (key): /pou̯³⁵ maː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bo2 bhê2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pó bé
- Sinological IPA (key): /po⁵²⁻³⁵ be⁵²⁻²¹/
- (Teochew)
Proper noun
寶馬
- (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau) BMW (automotive brand, including car, motorcycle)
Synonyms
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) 米奶