"螞" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /mä²¹⁴/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ma⁵³/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /maː¹³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /ma²¹³/ [Gan, Nanchang, Sinological-IPA], /ma²⁴/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /ma⁴⁴/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /ma⁵³/ [Jin, Sinological-IPA, Taiyuan], /ma³³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /mã⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /mã⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /be⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /be⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /bɛ⁵³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /ma̠⁴¹/ [Changsha, Sinological-IPA, Xiang], /mä²¹⁴/, /ma⁵³/, /maː¹³/, /ma²¹³/, /ma²⁴/, /ma⁴⁴/, /ma⁵³/, /ma³³/, /mã⁵³/, /mã⁵⁵⁴/, /be⁵⁵⁴/, /be⁵³/, /bɛ⁵³/, /mo²³/, /ma̠⁴¹/ Chinese transliterations: mǎ [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ma³ [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄇㄚˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ma³ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], maa⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ma³ [Gan, Wiktionary-specific], mâ [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], ma¹ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], ma² [Jin, Wiktionary-specific], mā, má, bé, bée, ⁶mo, ma³, mǎ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄇㄚˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mǎ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ma³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], mǎ [Mandarin, Yale], maa [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], ма [Mandarin, Palladius], ma [Mandarin, Palladius], maa [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], maa⁵ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], máh [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], maa⁵ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], ma⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], ma³ [Gan, Nanchang, Wiktionary-specific], mâ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ma^ˊ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], ma¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], ma² [Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary-specific], mā [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], má [Hokkien, POJ], má [Hokkien, Tai-lo], mar [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], bé [Hokkien, POJ], bé [Hokkien, Tai-lo], bea [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], bée [Hokkien, POJ], bée [Hokkien, Tai-lo], ⁶mo [Northern, Wu], mo^去 [Northern, Wu], ³mo [Northern, Wu], /mo²³/ [Northern, Wu], ma³ [Changsha, Wiktionary-specific, Xiang] Forms:
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 馬 (OC *mraːʔ). Traditionally thought to be the same word as 馬 (OC *mraːʔ, “horse > big”). Mei (1985) proposes that it is derived from 蝱 (OC *mraːŋ, “horsefly”), which he relates to Proto-Tai *m.leːŋᴬ (“insect”). Etymology templates: {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声), {{Han compound|虫|馬|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc|t1=insect}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 馬 (OC *mraːʔ), {{och-l|馬|horse > big}} 馬 (OC *mraːʔ, “horse > big”), {{zh-ref|Mei (1985)}} Mei (1985), {{och-l|蝱|horsefly}} 蝱 (OC *mraːŋ, “horsefly”), {{cog|tai-pro|*m.leːŋᴬ||insect}} Proto-Tai *m.leːŋᴬ (“insect”) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 螞
  1. A prefix used in insect names. Tags: obsolete Derived forms: 螞蜂 (mǎfēng), 蚂蜂 (mǎfēng), 螞蟥 (mǎhuáng), 蚂蟥 (mǎhuáng), 螞蟻 (mǎyǐ), 蚂蚁 (mǎyǐ), 螞蟻啃骨頭, 蚂蚁啃骨头, 螞蟻搬泰山, 蚂蚁搬泰山
    Sense id: en-螞-zh-character-KNqC03sP

Character

IPA: /mä⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /maː²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /mä⁵¹/, /maː²²/ Chinese transliterations: mà [Mandarin, Pinyin], ma⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄇㄚˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], maa⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], mà [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], mà [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ma⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], mà [Mandarin, Yale], mah [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], ма [Mandarin, Palladius], ma [Mandarin, Palladius], maa⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], mah [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], maa⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], ma⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong] Forms:
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 馬 (OC *mraːʔ). Traditionally thought to be the same word as 馬 (OC *mraːʔ, “horse > big”). Mei (1985) proposes that it is derived from 蝱 (OC *mraːŋ, “horsefly”), which he relates to Proto-Tai *m.leːŋᴬ (“insect”). Etymology templates: {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声), {{Han compound|虫|馬|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc|t1=insect}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 馬 (OC *mraːʔ), {{och-l|馬|horse > big}} 馬 (OC *mraːʔ, “horse > big”), {{zh-ref|Mei (1985)}} Mei (1985), {{och-l|蝱|horsefly}} 蝱 (OC *mraːŋ, “horsefly”), {{cog|tai-pro|*m.leːŋᴬ||insect}} Proto-Tai *m.leːŋᴬ (“insect”) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 螞
  1. Only used in 螞蚱/蚂蚱 (màzha).
    Sense id: en-螞-zh-character-cJTOpD13 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese hanzi, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Eastern Min hanzi, Pages with 4 entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 9 57 33 Disambiguation of Chinese hanzi: 7 72 21 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 5 76 19 Disambiguation of Eastern Min hanzi: 24 62 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 26 54 20

Character

IPA: /mä⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mä²¹⁴/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /maː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /mä⁵⁵/, /mä²¹⁴/, /maː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: mā [Mandarin, Pinyin], mǎ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ma¹ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ma³ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄇㄚ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄇㄚˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], maa¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], mā [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ma [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ma¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], mā [Mandarin, Yale], mha [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], ма [Mandarin, Palladius], ma [Mandarin, Palladius], mǎ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], mǎ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ma³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], mǎ [Mandarin, Yale], maa [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], maa¹ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], mā [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], maa¹ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], ma¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong] Forms:
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 馬 (OC *mraːʔ). Traditionally thought to be the same word as 馬 (OC *mraːʔ, “horse > big”). Mei (1985) proposes that it is derived from 蝱 (OC *mraːŋ, “horsefly”), which he relates to Proto-Tai *m.leːŋᴬ (“insect”). Etymology templates: {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声), {{Han compound|虫|馬|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc|t1=insect}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 馬 (OC *mraːʔ), {{och-l|馬|horse > big}} 馬 (OC *mraːʔ, “horse > big”), {{zh-ref|Mei (1985)}} Mei (1985), {{och-l|蝱|horsefly}} 蝱 (OC *mraːŋ, “horsefly”), {{cog|tai-pro|*m.leːŋᴬ||insect}} Proto-Tai *m.leːŋᴬ (“insect”) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 螞
  1. Only used in 螞螂/蚂螂 (mālang).
    Sense id: en-螞-zh-character-e4RB9sGd
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "虫",
        "2": "馬",
        "c1": "s",
        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc",
        "t1": "insect"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 馬 (OC *mraːʔ)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "馬",
        "2": "horse > big"
      },
      "expansion": "馬 (OC *mraːʔ, “horse > big”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Mei (1985)"
      },
      "expansion": "Mei (1985)",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "蝱",
        "2": "horsefly"
      },
      "expansion": "蝱 (OC *mraːŋ, “horsefly”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tai-pro",
        "2": "*m.leːŋᴬ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "insect"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Tai *m.leːŋᴬ (“insect”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 馬 (OC *mraːʔ).\nTraditionally thought to be the same word as 馬 (OC *mraːʔ, “horse > big”).\nMei (1985) proposes that it is derived from 蝱 (OC *mraːŋ, “horsefly”), which he relates to Proto-Tai *m.leːŋᴬ (“insect”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "蚂",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "螞",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "mǎfēng",
          "word": "螞蜂"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mǎfēng",
          "word": "蚂蜂"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mǎhuáng",
          "word": "螞蟥"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mǎhuáng",
          "word": "蚂蟥"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mǎyǐ",
          "word": "螞蟻"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mǎyǐ",
          "word": "蚂蚁"
        },
        {
          "word": "螞蟻啃骨頭"
        },
        {
          "word": "蚂蚁啃骨头"
        },
        {
          "word": "螞蟻搬泰山"
        },
        {
          "word": "蚂蚁搬泰山"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A prefix used in insect names."
      ],
      "id": "en-螞-zh-character-KNqC03sP",
      "links": [
        [
          "prefix",
          "prefix#English"
        ],
        [
          "insect",
          "insect#English"
        ],
        [
          "name",
          "name#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄚˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maa⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mâ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "mā"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "má"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bé"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bée"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶mo"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ma³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄚˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ма"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mä²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maa⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "máh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maa⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maː¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mâ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mā"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "má"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "má"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mar"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mã⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mã⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bea"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/be⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/be⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bée"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bée"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɛ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶mo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mo^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³mo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/mo²³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma̠⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ bé /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mä²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maː¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma⁴⁴/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/be⁵⁵⁴/",
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/mä²¹⁴/"
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      "ipa": "/maː⁵⁵/"
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 螞 meaning in Chinese (13.0kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-09-20 using wiktextract (af5c55c and 66545a6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.