竹馬

See also: 竹马

Chinese

		bamboo	horse; surname
trad. (竹馬)		竹	馬
simp. (竹马)		竹	马

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhúmǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ maa⁵
Min Nan (POJ): tek-bé / tiok-má

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhúmǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄚˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwumaa
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zuk¹ maa⁵
  - Yale: jūk máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ ma⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ mäː¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-bé / tiok-má
  - Tâi-lô: tik-bé / tiok-má
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dekbea, diokmar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ be⁵³/, /tiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ mã⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪk̚⁵⁻²⁴ be⁵⁵⁴/, /tiɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ mã⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ be⁵³/, /tiɔk̚³²⁻⁵ mã⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ be⁵³/, /tiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ mã⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ be⁴¹/, /tiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ mã⁴¹/

Noun

竹馬

a bamboo stick used as a toy horse
a bamboo horse used in a folk dance

See also

青梅竹馬／青梅竹马 (qīngméizhúmǎ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
竹	馬
ちく Grade: 1	ば Grade: 2
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
竹	馬
たけ Grade: 1	うま Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 竹 (take, chiku, “bamboo”) +‎ 馬 (uma, ba, “horse”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) たけうま [tàkéúmá] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [ta̠ke̞ɯ̟ᵝma̠]

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) ちくば [chíꜜkùbà] (Atamadaka – [1])
- (Tokyo) ちくば [chìkúꜜbà] (Nakadaka – [2])
- IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi̥kɯ̟ᵝba̠]

Noun

竹馬 (hiragana たけうま, rōmaji takeuma, alternative reading ちくば, rōmaji chikuba)

(literally) a bamboo horse (bamboo toy that resembles a horse that children can ride on)
bamboo stilts (walking pole)
walking on bamboo stilts

(alternative reading hiragana ちくば, romaji chikuba)

Synonym of 幼時 (yōji, “childhood”) (time when one is a child)

Derived terms

竹 (ちく)馬 (ば)の友 (とも) (chikuba no tomo)

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