造馬

Chinese

		to make; to build; to invent to make; to build; to invent; to manufacture	horse; surname
trad. (造馬)		造	馬
simp. (造马)		造	马

Etymology

Short for 製造馬王／制造马王 (“to create the champion of a horse race”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zàomǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˋ ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ maa⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zàomǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˋ ㄇㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zàomǎ
  - Wade–Giles: tsao⁴-ma³
  - Yale: dzàu-mǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzawmaa
  - Palladius: цзаома (czaoma)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou⁶ maa⁵
  - Yale: jouh máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ ma⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² maː¹³/

Verb

造馬

(Cantonese) to rig a horse race; to fix a horse race
(Cantonese, by extension) to rig a contest; to fix a match

Synonyms

(of ball games): 打假球 (dǎjiǎqiú), (Cantonese) 打假波

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