馬尾

See also: 马尾

Chinese

		horse; surname	tail
trad. (馬尾)		馬	尾
simp. (马尾)		马	尾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ mei⁵
• Eastern Min (BUC): mā-muōi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bé-bé / bé-bóe / bée-bóe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhê² bhuê²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎwěi [Phonetic: máwěi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎwěi
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-wei³
    • Yale: mǎ-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maawoei
    • Palladius: мавэй (mavɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ mei⁵
    • Yale: máh méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ mei̯¹³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mā-muōi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma³³⁻³⁵ mui³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-bé
    • Tâi-lô: bé-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: befbea
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-bóe
    • Tâi-lô: bé-bué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: befboea
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bée-bóe
    • Tâi-lô: bée-bué
    • Sinological IPA (Penang): /bɛ⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ bue⁴⁴⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhê² bhuê²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bé bué
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /be⁵²⁻³⁵ bue⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

馬尾

1. horse's tail
2. ponytail (hairstyle) (Classifier: 條／条 c)

Synonyms

• (hairstyle):

Dialectal synonyms of 馬尾辮 (“ponytail (hairstyle)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		馬尾辮
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	馬尾
Cantonese	Hong Kong	馬尾
	Dongguan	馬尾
Southern Min	Tainan	頭鬃尾, 毛尾仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	馬尾

Derived terms

• 雙馬尾 / 双马尾 (shuāngmǎwěi)
• 馬尾松 / 马尾松 (mǎwěisōng)
• 馬尾藻 / 马尾藻 (mǎwěizǎo)
• 馬尾辮 / 马尾辫 (mǎwěibiàn)

Proper noun

馬尾

1. (～區) Mawei (a district of Fuzhou, Fujian, China)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
馬	尾
ば Grade: 2	び Grade: S
kan'on

May be from Middle Chinese compound 馬尾 (MC maeX mj+jX). The 漢音 (kan'on), so a borrowing from no earlier than the Heian period.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ba̠bʲi]
• (Tokyo) ばび [báꜜbì] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

馬(ば)尾(び) • (babi) 

1. a horsetail
2. horsehair, specifically from the tail
3. (anatomy) cauda equina

Synonyms

• (horsehair from the tail): 馬(ば)素(す) (basu), 馬尾(す) (su, see below)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
馬	尾
す
Grade: 2	Grade: S
jukujikun

Apparently derived from 簀, 簾 (su, “latticework, matting, or netting in a strainer”), as horsehair was often used to make this.

The kanji are jukujikun (熟(じゅく)字(じ)訓(くん)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɨ]
• (Tokyo) す [súꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) す [sù] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

馬尾(す) • (su) 

1. horsehair, specifically from the tail