馬子
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See also: 马子
Chinese
| horse; surname | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (馬子) | 馬 | 子 | |
| simp. (马子) | 马 | 子 | |
Etymology 1
During the Han Dynasty, the emperor's commode was called 虎子 (hǔzǐ). However, the grandfather of Emperor Gaozu of Tang was called 李虎 (Lǐ Hǔ). Because it was forbidden for common items to contain the given names of members of the imperial family (see Naming taboo), 虎子 was changed to 馬子／马子 (mǎzi), which morphed later into 馬桶／马桶 (mǎtǒng).
Pronunciation
Noun
馬子
- nightstool; closestool; commode; toilet; chamber pot
- (gambling) chip
- (chiefly Taiwan, colloquial, humorous or derogatory) girlfriend
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 女朋友 (“girlfriend”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 女朋友, 女友 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 女朋友 |
| Taiwan | 女朋友, 女友, 馬子 humorous or derogatory | |
| Chengdu | 女娃子, 女娃娃, 女娃兒, 盤子 | |
| Guilin | 𧊅 | |
| Xuzhou | 女朋友 | |
| Nanjing | 女朋友, 攀西 | |
| Singapore | 女朋友 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 女朋友, 女 |
| Hong Kong | 女朋友, 女友, 女, 女女, 菜 derogatory | |
| Taishan | 女朋友, 女 | |
| Dongguan | 皮油 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 女朋友 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 女朋友 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 細妹朋友, 女朋友 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 細妹朋友, 女朋友 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 細妹朋友, 女朋友 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 細妹朋友, 女朋友 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 妹子朋友, 女朋友 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 女朋友 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 女朋友 |
| Shishi | 女朋友 | |
| Taipei | 姼仔 GT | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 查某朋友 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 查某朋友 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 女朋友, 查某朋友 | |
| Chaozhou | 女朋友 | |
| Haifeng | 女朋友 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 查某朋友 | |
| Leizhou | 女朋友 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 女朋友 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 女朋友 |
| Suzhou | 女朋友 | |
| Hangzhou | 女朋友 | |
| Ningbo | 女朋友 | |
| Zhoushan | 女朋友 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 妹子 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
馬子
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 小馬 (“foal”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 駒, 馬駒 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小馬 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 馬駒兒, 馬駒子 |
| Harbin | 馬駒子 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 馬駒兒, 馬駒子 | |
| Jinan | 馬駒兒, 馬駒子 | |
| Luoyang | 馬駒子 | |
| Wanrong | 馬駒子 | |
| Xi'an | 馬駒兒, 馬駒子 | |
| Yinchuan | 馬駒子, 馬駒駒 | |
| Lanzhou | 馬駒子 | |
| Xining | 尕馬兒, 馬駒子兒, 馬駒子 | |
| Wuhan | 小馬 | |
| Chengdu | 小馬兒 | |
| Guiyang | 小馬崽, 小馬兒 | |
| Liuzhou | 馬崽 | |
| Yangzhou | 小馬 | |
| Hefei | 小馬 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 馬仔 |
| Hong Kong | 馬仔 | |
| Dongguan | 馬仔 | |
| Yangjiang | 馬仔 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 馬崽子 |
| Lichuan | 馬崽兒 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 細馬仔 |
| Yudu | 細馬 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 馬子 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 馬子 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 馬子 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 馬子 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 馬子 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 馬么 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 馬駒, 馬駒子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 馬仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 馬囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 馬仔囝, 馬仔 |
| Quanzhou | 馬仔 | |
| Zhangzhou | 馬仔 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 馬囝 | |
| Chaozhou | 馬囝 | |
| Leizhou | 馬囝 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 馬崽 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小馬 |
| Wenzhou | 馬兒 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 馬崽子 |
| Shuangfeng | 馬崽基 | |
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 馬 | 子 |
| ま Grade: 2 |
こ > ご Grade: 1 |
| jūbakoyomi | |
Noun
- packhorse driver
- 馬子にも衣装
- mago ni mo ishō
- (proverb) the clothes make the man
- 山んばばあと馬子どん
- Yamanbabā to mago don
- the Mountain-Witch and the Packhorse Driver, an Okinawan folktale
- 馬子にも衣装
Proper noun
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 馬 | 子 |
| うま Grade: 2 |
こ Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | |
- a male given name
- 蘇我馬子 (Soga-no Umako) - famous leader of the Soga clan (died 626).
References
- Jim Breen's 'EDICT'
- The new Nelson Japanese-English character dictionary
- NTC's New Japanese-English Dictionary
- David Galef's book on proverbs "Even Monkeys Fall From Trees"
- Daniel Crump Buchanan's book "Japanese Proverbs and Sayings"