馬腳

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See also: 马脚 and 馬脚

Chinese

horse; surname role; foot; base
trad. (馬腳) 馬 腳
simp. (马脚) 马 脚

Etymology

First attested in works written in Yuan dynasty. In folk etymology, this term is attributed to Empress Ma, the first queen of Ming dynasty, who did not have her feet bound because she originated from a peasant family, contrary to upper-class women at that time.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 馬 腳
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 麻 (98) 陽 (107)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II III
Fanqie 莫下切 居勺切
Baxter maeX kjak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mˠaX/ /kɨɐk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mᵚaX/ /kiɐk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/maX/ /kiɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/maɨX/ /kɨak̚/
Li
Rong 		/maX/ /kiak̚/
Wang
Li 		/maX/ /kĭak̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/maX/ /ki̯ak̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mǎ jue
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		maa5 goek3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 馬 腳
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		mǎ jiǎo
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mæX › ‹ kjak ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mˁraʔ/ /*ak/
English horse leg, foot

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 馬 腳
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8715 10737
Phonetic
component 		馬 郤
Rime
group 		魚 鐸
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		馬 腳
Old
Chinese 		/*mraːʔ/ /*kaɡ/

Noun

馬腳

  1. horse's feet
  2. (figurative) cloven foot; something that gives the game away; mistake or gap in a speech or theory; flaw
    他裝英國人，但他的口音讓他露了馬腳。 [MSC, trad.]
    他装英国人，但他的口音让他露了马脚。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā zhuāng Yīngguórén, dàn tā de kǒuyīn ràng tā lòu le mǎjiǎo.
    He pretended to be British, but his foreign accent gave him away.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (馬腳):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
馬 腳
Grade: 2 Hyōgaiji
For pronunciation and definitions of 馬腳 – see the following entry: 馬脚

(The following entry is uncreated: 馬脚.)

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