水馬

Chinese

		water; river	horse; surname
trad. (水馬)		水	馬
simp. (水马)		水	马

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐmǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² maa⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-bé

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐmǎ [Phonetic: shuímǎ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěimǎ
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-ma³
  - Yale: shwěi-mǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeimaa
  - Palladius: шуйма (šujma)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² maa⁵
  - Yale: séui máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² ma⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ maː¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-bé
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-bé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'bea
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ be⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ be⁴¹/

Noun

水馬

(literary) water strider
water-filled barrier

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
水	馬
あめん Grade: 1	ば > ぼ Grade: 2 (ateji)
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 水馬 – see the following entry.

【飴棒あめんぼ】

[noun] a water strider

Alternative spellings
飴坊, 水黽, アメンボ

(This term, 水馬, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
水	馬
すい Grade: 1	ば Grade: 2
on’yomi

水 (sui, “water”) +‎ 馬 (ba, “horse”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すいば [súꜜìbà] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [sɨᵝiba̠]

Noun

水(すい)馬(ば) • (suiba)

techniques for crossing water bodies on horseback
Synonym of 飴棒 (amenbo, “water strider”)

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