馬蜂

Chinese

		horse; surname	bee; wasp
trad. (馬蜂)		馬	蜂
simp. (马蜂)		马	蜂
alternative forms		螞蜂／蚂蜂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎfēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ fung¹
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ma³ hong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎfēng → mǎfeng (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄥ → ㄇㄚˇ ˙ㄈㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎfo̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-fêng⁵
    • Yale: mǎ-feng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maa.feng
    • Palladius: мафэн (mafɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵/ → /mä²¹⁴ fɤŋ⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ fung¹
    • Yale: máh fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ fʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ma³ hong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ma̠⁴¹ xʊŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ma̠⁴¹ xən³³/

Noun

馬蜂

1. wasp; hornet

Synonyms

• 胡蜂 (húfēng)
• (Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou) 虎頭蜂／虎头蜂 (hǔtóufēng)

Derived terms

• 馬蜂窩／马蜂窝 (mǎfēngwō)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (馬蜂):

• → Korean: 마봉(馬蜂) (mabong)

Others:

• →? Mongolian: морин зөгий (morin zögii) (calque)