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Chinese
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horse; surname
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up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up |
| trad. (馬上)
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馬
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上
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| simp. (马上)
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马
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上
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| anagram
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上馬／上马
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Etymology
From 馬背上 (mǎ bèi shàng), "on horseback", by extension, "at once; immediately", on account of the horse being the fastest mode of transportation in ancient times.[1]
Pronunciation
Adverb
馬上
- at once; immediately; without delay; in a minute; soon
- 我馬上就回來。／我马上就回来。 ― Wǒ mǎshàng jiù huílái. ― I'll be back in a minute.
馬上要過年了，回去又要拼酒了。 [MSC, trad.]
马上要过年了，回去又要拼酒了。 [MSC, simp.]- Mǎshàng yào guònián le, huíqù yòu yào pīnjiǔ le.
- Chinese New Year is coming soon, and I have to have drinking contests again when I go back.
- (literally and literary) on horseback
馬上相逢無紙筆，憑君傳語報平安。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
马上相逢无纸笔，凭君传语报平安。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]- From: c. 749, Cen Shen, Coming Across a Messenger Going Towards the Capital（《逢入京使》）, translated by Tang Yihe
- Mǎshàng xiāngféng wú zhǐbǐ, píng jūn chuányǔ bào píng'ān.
- I meet with you on horseback
With no paper and brush to write.
Please bring a word to my folks:
I'm quite well and all right.
馬上幾多時，夢中無限事。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
马上几多时，梦中无限事。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]- From: c. 822, Bai Juyi（白居易）,《自秦望赴五松驛，馬上偶睡，睡覺成吟》, translated as Sleeping on Horseback by Arthur Waley, 1919.
- Mǎshàng jǐduō shí, mèngzhōng wúxiàn shì.
- For these few steps that my horse had carried me
Had taken in my dream countless aeons of time!
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
馬上 (“immediately; at once”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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馬上, 立刻, 立即, 即時, 即刻, 隨即, 迅即, 立時, 當下, 當即, 登時, 頓時, 眼看
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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馬上, 立時刻, 立馬兒, 跟時, 跟手兒
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| Taiwan
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馬上, 立刻
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| Harbin
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馬上, 立刻亮兒
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| Malaysia
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馬上
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| Singapore
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馬上, 立刻
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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馬上, 馬上馬, 立刻, 立馬追即
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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跟著, 馬上, 眼看著
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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眼看, 當下, 說聲兒
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| Wanrong
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馬上
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| Xi'an
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馬上
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| Xining
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眼看
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| Xuzhou
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馬上馬, 馬展, 馬時
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| Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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馬上, 眼看
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| Lanzhou
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馬上, 立馬
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| Ürümqi
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馬上, 立馬兒
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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馬上, 跟倒, 跟即, 立時, 立馬
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| Wuhan
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馬上, 接身, 眼看
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| Guiyang
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馬上, 立馬
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| Guilin
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馬上
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| Liuzhou
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馬上
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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馬即, 馬上
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| Yangzhou
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馬上
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| Hefei
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馬上
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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即刻, 即時, 登時, 當堂
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| Hong Kong
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即刻, 立即, 即時, 當堂
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| Taishan
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即刻, 當下
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| Dongguan
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即午, 馬上
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| Yangjiang
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跟手
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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即刻
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
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即刻
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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馬上, 仰上
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| Lichuan
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馬上, 即刻
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| Pingxiang
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馬上
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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即刻, 即時, 馬上, 黏時, 力曆
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| Yudu
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馬上
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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黏時, 黏皮, 跈等, 馬上
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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黏時, 黏皮, 跈等, 馬上
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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黏皮, 黏時, 跈等, 馬上
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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黏時, 跈緊, 跈核, 登時, 馬上
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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黏時, 跈等, 馬上
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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黏時, 隨
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
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當時
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| Shexian
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馬上
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| Huangshan (Tunxi)
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馬上
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| Xiuning
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馬上
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| Yixian
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即刻
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| Qimen
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馬上
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| Wuyuan
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馬上
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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跟手, 立馬, 立時三刻
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| Xinzhou
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眼看
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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馬上
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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此刻, 馬上, 連刻
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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連鞭, 隨, 隨時, 隨煞, 現煞, 馬上, 煞
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| Quanzhou
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連鞭, 隨, 隨煞, 現煞, 馬上, 煞
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| Jinjiang
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隨時
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| Zhangzhou
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連鞭, 隨, 現煞, 馬上, 煞
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| Taipei
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連鞭, 隨時, 即時
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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馬上
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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隨, 隨隨, 隨時
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| Chaozhou
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隨時, 馬上, 即時
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| Shantou
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馬上
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| Jieyang
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隨時, 靈時
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| Singapore (Teochew)
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馬上
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| Leizhou
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當下, 即時
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| Haikou
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即刻, 登場
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| Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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馬上, 即刻
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| Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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馬上, 即刻
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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馬上, 即刻, 隨即, 立刻, 立時, 頓時, 歇歇, 立時三刻, 臨時豁腳, 立馬造橋
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
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眼看
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| Suzhou
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馬上
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| Danyang
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跟手
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| Hangzhou
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立馬兒
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| Ningbo
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隨手
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| Wenzhou
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馬上, 馬上馬, 隨手, 肇
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| Jinhua
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馬上
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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馬上, 𪐀噠
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| Loudi
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馬下
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| Shuangfeng
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馬上
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References
- ^ 文若愚 (2014) 语言常识全知道, 中国华侨出版社
Further reading
Japanese
Noun
馬上 • (bajō)
- horseback, the back of a horse
- horseback riding
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
- Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN