駙馬

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Chinese

		prince consort	horse; surname
trad. (駙馬)		駙	馬
simp. (驸马)		驸	马

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fùmǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶ maa⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fu-mâ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hū-má

(Teochew, Peng'im): hu⁶ bhê²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fùmǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fùmǎ
  - Wade–Giles: fu⁴-ma³
  - Yale: fù-mǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhmaa
  - Palladius: фума (fuma)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu⁶ maa⁵
  - Yale: fuh máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶ ma⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²² maː¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu-mâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: fu ma^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fu⁴ ma¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵ ma²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hū-má
  - Tâi-lô: hū-má
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huxmar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hu²²⁻²¹ mã⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁴¹⁻²² mã⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu²²⁻²¹ mã⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hu³³⁻¹¹ mã⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu³³⁻²¹ mã⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hu⁶ bhê²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hŭ bé
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu³⁵⁻¹¹ be⁵²/

Noun

駙馬

husband of a sovereign's daughter or sister; monarch's son-in-law or brother-in-law

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (駙馬):

→ Japanese: 駙馬(ふば) (fuba)
→ Korean: 부마(駙馬) (buma)

Others:

→ Vietnamese: phò mã

Japanese

Kanji in this term
駙	馬
ふ Hyōgai	ば Grade: 2
kan'on

Etymology

Middle Chinese 駙馬

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふば (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

駙(ふ)馬(ば) • (fuba)

(historical, monarchy) a Chinese prince consort, the husband of a 公主 (kōshu, “Chinese princess”) and son-in-law of the Chinese emperor

See also

王(おう)配(はい) (ōhai)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
駙	馬

Noun

駙馬

chữ Hán form of phò mã (“husband of an emperor's daughter or sister; emperor's son-in-law or brother-in-law”).

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