木牛流馬

Chinese

		Muniu, a monocycle	Liuma, a quadricycle
trad. (木牛流馬)		木牛	流馬
simp. (木牛流马)		木牛	流马

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mùniú liúmǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄇㄚˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mùniú liúmǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄇㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mùnióu lióumǎ
  - Wade–Giles: mu⁴-niu² liu²-ma³
  - Yale: mù-nyóu lyóu-mǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhniou lioumaa
  - Palladius: муню люма (munju ljuma)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

木牛流馬

name of two type of carts invented during the Three Kingdoms, credited to Zhuge Kongming, used for transportation of army provisions, according to some historical records.

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