馬賊

Chinese

		horse; surname	thief
trad. (馬賊)		馬	賊
simp. (马贼)		马	贼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎzéi

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄗㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ caak⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǎzéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄗㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǎzéi
  - Wade–Giles: ma³-tsei²
  - Yale: mǎ-dzéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maatzeir
  - Palladius: мацзэй (maczɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡seɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa⁵ caak⁶
  - Yale: máh chaahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ tsaak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ cag⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ t͡sʰaːk̚²/

Noun

馬賊

horse thief
highwayman; mounted brigand
- 湖南也打仗；大連仍然房租貴；察哈爾，吉林，黑龍江罷，——聽說有馬賊，也不行！…… [MSC, trad.]
  湖南也打仗；大连仍然房租贵；察哈尔，吉林，黑龙江罢，——听说有马贼，也不行！…… [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1920, Lu Xun, 幸福的家庭 (A Happy Family), translated by Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang
  Húnán yě dǎzhàng; Dàlián réngrán fángzū guì; Cháhā'ěr, Jílín, Hēilóngjiāng bà, — tīngshuō yǒu mǎzéi, yě bùxíng!...... [Pinyin]
  There is fighting in Hunan too; the rents in Dairen have gone up again. In Chahar, Kirin and Heilungkiang I have heard there are brigands, so they won't do either! ...

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