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上馬

上馬

See also: 上马

Chinese

		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	horse
trad. (上馬)		上	馬
simp. (上马)		上	马
anagram		馬上／马上

Verb

上馬

to mount a horse; to climb onto the back of a horse
(Mainland China or Cantonese, slang) to begin a big project
(Cantonese, slang) to have sex

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shàngmǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ maa⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sông-mâ
Min Nan (POJ): siōng-má / siāng-má / chiōⁿ-bée

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shàngmǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄇㄚˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqmaa
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ma̠²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁵ maa⁵
  - Yale: séuhng máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ maa⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ mɑː¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sông-mâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: song´ ma´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: song¹ ma¹
  - IPA: /soŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ma²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-má
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-má
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngmar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ma⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² ma⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-má
  - Tâi-lô: siāng-má
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngmar
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ²²⁻²¹ ma⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiōⁿ-bée
  - Tâi-lô: tsiōnn-bée
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɔ̃²²⁻²¹ bɛ⁵³/