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
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Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 寶 馬
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 豪 (89) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I II
Fanqie 博抱切 莫下切
Baxter pawX maeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pɑuX/ /mˠaX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pɑuX/ /mᵚaX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pɑuX/ /maX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pawX/ /maɨX/
Li
Rong 		/pɑuX/ /maX/
Wang
Li 		/pɑuX/ /maX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/pɑuX/ /maX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bǎo mǎ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bou2 maa5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 寶 馬
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		bǎo mǎ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ pawX › ‹ mæX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*pˁuʔ/ /*mˁraʔ/
English precious thing horse

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 寶 馬
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3264 8715
Phonetic
component 		缶 馬
Rime
group 		幽 魚
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		寶 馬
Old
Chinese 		/*puːʔ/ /*mraːʔ/

Noun

寶馬

  1. precious horse; treasure horse
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

Proper noun

寶馬

  1. (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau) BMW (automotive brand, including car, motorcycle)
Synonyms
Wikious
Boobota
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