群馬

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See also: 群马 and 羣馬

Chinese

		crowd; flock; group	horse; surname
trad. (群馬/羣馬)		群/羣	馬
simp. (群马)		群	马

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Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 群(ぐん)馬(ま) (Gunma).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Qúnmǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan⁴ maa⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Qúnmǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄇㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Cyúnmǎ
  - Wade–Giles: Chʻün²-ma³
  - Yale: Chyún-mǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyunmaa
  - Palladius: Цюньма (Cjunʹma)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwan⁴ maa⁵
  - Yale: kwàhn máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwan⁴ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuen⁴ ma⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn²¹ maː¹³/

Proper noun

群馬

(～縣) Gunma (a prefecture of Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
群	馬
ぐん Grade: 4	ま Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぐんま (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

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Proper noun

群(ぐん)馬(ま) • (Gunma)

a place name, such as that of Gunma Prefecture
a surname

Noun

群(ぐん)馬(ま) • (gunma)

(derogatory, slang) primitive

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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