報馬

Chinese

		to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge	horse; surname
trad. (報馬)		報	馬
simp. (报马)		报	马

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàomǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ maa⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pò-bé / pò-bée

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàomǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄇㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàomǎ
  - Wade–Giles: pao⁴-ma³
  - Yale: bàu-mǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawmaa
  - Palladius: баома (baoma)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou³ maa⁵
  - Yale: bou máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou³ ma⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ maː¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò-bé
  - Tâi-lô: pò-bé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poirbea
  - IPA (Xiamen): /po²¹⁻⁵³ be⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po¹¹⁻⁵³ be⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ be⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ be⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò-bée
  - Tâi-lô: pò-bée
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /po²¹⁻⁵³ bɛ⁵³/

Noun

報馬

(literary or Southern Min, archaic) man who brings news of appointment, promotion, or success in imperial examinations (in expectation of a reward)
(literary or Xiamen Hokkien) informant; informer; spy
(Xiamen Hokkien) someone who announces the procession of a deity

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 報馬仔／报马仔
(man who brings news): 報子／报子 (bàozi)

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