白馬

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	horse; surname
trad. (白馬)		白	馬
simp. (白马)		白	马

Etymology

“Kep (in Cambodia)”

From the Khmer name កែប (kaep, literally “saddle”).

“Whitehorse”

Calque of English Whitehorse.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báimǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ maa⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pha̍k-mâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-bé / pe̍eh-bée

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báimǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báimǎ
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-ma³
    • Yale: bái-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairmaa
    • Palladius: байма (bajma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ maa⁵
    • Yale: baahk máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² maː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pha̍k-mâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: pag ma^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pag⁶ ma¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ ma²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-bé
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqbea
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² be⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ be⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ be⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-bée
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-bée
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bɛ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: baek maeX

Rime
Character	白	馬
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	傍陌切	莫下切
Baxter	baek	maeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠæk̚/	/mˠaX/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚak̚/	/mᵚaX/
Shao Rongfen	/bak̚/	/maX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjk̚/	/maɨX/
Li Rong	/bɐk̚/	/maX/
Wang Li	/bɐk̚/	/maX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱɐk̚/	/maX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó	mǎ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak6	maa5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*bˤrak  mˤraʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*braːɡ  mraːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	白	馬
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bái	mǎ
Middle Chinese	‹ bæk ›	‹ mæX ›
Old Chinese	/*bˁrak/	/*mˁraʔ/
English	white	horse
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	白	馬
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	207	8715
Phonetic component	白	馬
Rime group	鐸	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	白	馬
Old Chinese	/*braːɡ/	/*mraːʔ/

Noun

白馬

1. white horse
2. (historical) sacrificial song in ancient China
3. (～人, ～族) Baima people (subgroup of Tibetans)

Derived terms

• 白馬井 / 白马井 (Báimǎjǐng)
• 白馬寺 / 白马寺 (Báimǎsì)
• 白馬將軍 / 白马将军
• 白馬歸周 / 白马归周
• 白馬津 / 白马津
• 白馬王 / 白马王
• 白馬王子 / 白马王子 (báimǎ wángzǐ)
• 白馬語 / 白马语 (báimǎyǔ)
• 白馬非馬說 / 白马非马说
• 素車白馬 / 素车白马

 

Proper noun

白馬

1. (～省) Kep (a province of Cambodia)
2. (～市) Kep (the provincial capital of Kep Province, Cambodia)
3. (～市) Whitehorse (a city in Yukon, Canada)
4. (～鎮) Baima (a town in Lishui district, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China)
5. (～鎮) Baima (a town in Gaogang district, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China)
6. (～鎮) Baima (a town in Pujiang, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China)
7. (～鎮) Baima (a town in Dancheng, Zhoukou, Henan, China)
8. (～鎮) Baima (a town in Lianyuan, Loudi, Hunan, China)
9. (～鎮) Baima (a town in Beiliu, Yulin, Guangxi, China)
10. (～鎮) Baima (a town in Wulong district, Chongqing, China)
11. (～鎮) Baima (a town in Miyi, Panzhihua, Sichuan, China)
12. (～鎮) Baima (a town in Anju district, Suining, Sichuan, China)
13. (～鎮) Baima (a town in Shizhong district, Neijiang, Sichuan, China)
14. (～鎮) Baima (a town in Shizhong district, Leshan, Sichuan, China)
15. (～鎮) Baima (a town in Dongpo district, Meishan, Sichuan, China)
16. (～鎮, formerly ～鄉) Baima (a town in Xuanhan, Dazhou, Sichuan, China, formerly a township)
17. (～鄉) Baima (a township in Yixian, Baoding, Hebei, China)
18. (～鄉) Baima (a township in the Guang'an District, Guang'an, Sichuan, China)
19. (～鄉) Baima (a township in Xichang, Liangshan prefecture, Sichuan, China)
20. (～鄉) Baima (a township in Huachi, Qingyang, Gansu, China)
21. (～鄉) Baima (a township in Zhongning, Zhongwei, Ningxia, China)
22. (～村) Baima (a village in Chengbei, Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)
23. (～雪山) Baima Snow Mountain (a mountain in Yunnan, China)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
白	馬

Proper noun

白馬

1. chữ Hán form of Bạch Mã.