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

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• 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

1. horse thief
2. highwayman; mounted brigand
   • 1924, Lu Xun, “幸福的家庭 [A Happy Family]”, in 婦女雜誌, volume 10, number 3, 商務印書館, page 511:

     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: 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! ...