驢馬

Chinese

		donkey	horse; surname
trad. (驢馬)		驢	馬
simp. (驴马)		驴	马

Pronunciation

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Noun

驢馬

(Wenzhounese) mule (offspring of a donkey and a horse)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 騾子 (“mule (offspring of a donkey and a horse)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		騾子, 騾
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	騾子
	Taiwan	騾
	Chengde	騾子
	Chifeng	騾子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	騾子
	Heihe	騾子
	Qiqihar	騾子
	Harbin	騾子
	Jiamusi	騾子
	Baicheng	騾子
	Changchun	騾子
	Tonghua	騾子
	Shenyang	騾子
	Jinzhou	騾子
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	騾子
	Tangshan	騾子
	Cangzhou	騾子
	Baoding	騾子
	Shijiazhuang	騾子
	Lijin	騾子
	Jinan	騾子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	騾子
	Dandong	騾子
	Yantai	騾子
	Yantai (Muping)	騾子
	Qingdao	騾子
	Zhucheng	騾子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	騾子
	Lingbao	騾子
	Jining	騾子
	Wanrong	騾子
	Linfen	騾子
	Shangqiu	騾子
	Yuanyang	騾子
	Zhengzhou	騾子
	Xinyang	騾子
	Baihe	騾子
	Xi'an	騾子
	Baoji	騾子
	Tianshui	騾子
	Xining	騾子, 騾娃兒
	Xuzhou	騾子
	Fuyang	騾子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	騾子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	騾子
	Lanzhou	騾子
	Dunhuang	騾子
	Hami	騾子
	Ürümqi	騾子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	騾子
	Nanchong	騾子
	Dazhou	騾子
	Hanyuan	騾子
	Xichang	騾子
	Zigong	騾子
	Chongqing	騾子
	Wuhan	騾子
	Yichang	騾子
	Xiangyang	騾子
	Tianmen	騾子
	Guiyang	騾子
	Zunyi	騾子
	Bijie	騾子
	Liping	騾子
	Zhaotong	騾子
	Dali	騾子
	Kunming	騾子
	Mengzi	騾子
	Guilin	騾子, 騾
	Liuzhou	騾子
	Nanning (Wuming)	騾
	Jishou	騾子
	Changde	騾子
	Hanzhong	騾子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	騾子, 騾
	Yangzhou	騾子
	Lianyungang	騾子
	Lianshui	騾子
	Nantong	騾子
	Anqing	騾子
	Wuhu	騾子
	Hefei	騾子
	Hong'an	騾子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	騾
	Yangjiang	騾
	Nanning	騾, 騾馬
	Wuzhou	騾馬
Gan	Nanchang	騾子
Hakka	Meixian	騾仔, 騾
Hakka	Yudu	騾子
Huizhou	Jixi	騾
Huizhou	Shexian	騾
Jin	Taiyuan	騾子
	Yangyuan	騾子
	Datong	騾子
	Xinzhou	騾子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	騾子
	Changzhi	騾子
	Linhe	騾子
	Jining	騾子
	Hohhot	騾子
	Erenhot	騾子
	Pingshan	騾子
	Zhangjiakou	騾子
	Handan	騾子
	Linzhou	騾了
	Suide	騾子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	騾, 騾仔
Southern Min	Xiamen	騾, 騾仔
	Zhao'an	騾
	Taipei	騾
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	騾仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	騾
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	騾
	Kaohsiung	騾仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	騾仔
	Yilan (Luodong)	騾, 騾馬仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	騾
	Kinmen	騾
	Shantou	騾
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	騾
Wu	Shanghai	騾子
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	騾子
	Suzhou	騾子
	Danyang	騾子
	Hangzhou	騾子
	Wenzhou	驢馬
	Jinhua	騾
Xiang	Changsha	騾子
	Loudi	騾子
	Shuangfeng	騾子
	Quanzhou	騾子

Japanese

ロバ on Japanese Wikipedia

Kanji in this term
驢	馬
ろ Hyōgai	ば Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
馿馬 (extended shinjitai)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ろば [róꜜbà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ba̠]

Noun

驢(ろ)馬(ば) or 驢馬(ロバ) • (roba)

a donkey (domestic animal)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ロバ.

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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