班馬

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See also: 斑馬

Chinese

Etymology 1

		team; class; rank team; class; rank; squad; a work shift; a measure word; surname	horse; surname
trad. (班馬)		班	馬
simp. (班马)		班	马

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bānmǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baan¹ maa⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pan-bé

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bānmǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢㄇㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: banmǎ
  - Wade–Giles: pan¹-ma³
  - Yale: bān-mǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banmaa
  - Palladius: баньма (banʹma)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baan¹ maa⁵
  - Yale: bāan máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baan¹ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ban¹ ma⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn⁵⁵ maː¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pan-bé
  - Tâi-lô: pan-bé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: panbea
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pan⁴⁴⁻²² be⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pan³³ be⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pan⁴⁴⁻²² be⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pan⁴⁴⁻³³ be⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pan⁴⁴⁻³³ be⁴¹/

Noun

班馬

(literary) stray horse
- 邢伯告中行伯曰：「有班馬之聲，齊師其遁。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  邢伯告中行伯曰：「有班马之声，齐师其遁。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE
  Xíng bó gào Zhōngháng bó yuē: “Yǒu bānmǎ zhī shēng, Qí shī qí dùn.”
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- 揮手自茲去，蕭蕭班馬鳴。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  挥手自兹去，萧萧班马鸣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 8th century, Li Bai, 送友人
  Huīshǒu zì zī qù, xiāoxiāo bānmǎ míng.
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Etymology 2

		team; class; rank team; class; rank; squad; a work shift; a measure word; surname	horse; surname
trad. (班馬)		班	馬
simp. (班马)		班	马

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): baan¹ maa⁵

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baan¹ maa⁵
  - Yale: bāan máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baan¹ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ban¹ ma⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn⁵⁵ maː¹³/

Verb

班⫽馬 (verb-object)

(Cantonese, slang) to gather subordinates

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