# 馬仔
## Chinese

* 馬仔 (Cantonese)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mǎzǎi
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄗㄞˇ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): maa$^5$ zai$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ma$^4$ doi$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mâ-é
* Northern Min (KCR): mǎ-ciě
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bé-á / bée-á
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mǎzǎi [Phonetic: mázǎi]
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄗㄞˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mǎzǎi
*** Wade–Giles: ma$^3$-tsai$^3$
*** Yale: mǎ-dzǎi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maatzae
*** Palladius: мацзай (maczaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maa$^5$ zai$^2$
*** Yale: máh jái
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maa$^5$ dzai$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ma$^5$ zei$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /maː¹³ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ma$^4$ doi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐba²¹ tᵘɔi⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mâ-é
*** Hakka Romanization System: ma$^ˊ$ e$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ma$^1$ e$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ma²⁴ e³¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mǎ-ciě
*** Sinological IPA : /ma²¹ t͡siɛ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-á
*** Tâi-lô: bé-á
*** Phofsit Daibuun: befar
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /be⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bée-á
*** Tâi-lô: bée-á
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɛ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

### Noun

馬仔
* (Southwestern Mandarin, Cantonese, Northern Min, Southern Min, Hunan Tuhua) foal (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
* (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) horse
* (Cantonese) racehorse (especially for horse betting)
* (Cantonese) subordinate; underling (Classifier: 個／个 c)
* (Southern Min) errand runner
* (originally Cantonese) gang follower; gang member (Classifier: 個／个 c)
** 1975, “《小販》” (11:25 from the start), in 《靜默的革命》 [The Quiet Revolution]‎, episode 1:
       ngo$^5$ wui$^5$ gaai$^3$ siu$^6$ keoi$^5$ dei$^6$ sik$^1$, nei$^5$ aa$^3$ coeng$^1$ go$^1$ hai$^6$ daai$^6$ go$^1$ waa$^4$ zeoi$^3$ dak$^1$ lik$^6$ ge$^3$ maa$^5$ zai$^2$. [Jyutping]
       I will introduction you to them and tell them that you, Cheung, is Big Brother Wah's most competent underling.
* (Northern Min) pickpocket
* (Cantonese) sachima
* (Cantonese) bridge (of a stringed instrument, e.g. huqin and guzheng)

#### Synonyms

* (foal):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 駒, 馬駒 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小馬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 馬駒兒, 馬駒子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 馬駒子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 馬駒兒, 馬駒子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 馬駒兒, 馬駒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 馬駒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 馬駒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 馬駒兒, 馬駒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 尕馬兒, 馬駒子兒, 馬駒子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 馬駒子, 馬駒駒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 馬駒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 小馬兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 小馬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 小馬崽, 小馬兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 馬崽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 小馬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 小馬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 馬仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 馬仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 馬仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 馬仔 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 馬崽子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 馬崽兒 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 細馬仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 細馬 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 馬子 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 馬子 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 馬子 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 馬子 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 馬子 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 馬么 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 馬駒, 馬駒子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 馬仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 馬囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 馬仔囝, 馬仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 馬仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 馬仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 馬囝 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 馬囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 馬囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 馬崽 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小馬 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 馬兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 馬崽子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 馬崽基 |
* (horse):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 馬 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 馬, 馬匹 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 馬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 馬, 馬兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 馬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 馬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 馬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 馬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 馬 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 馬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 馬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 馬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 馬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 馬, 達冒兒馬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 馬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 馬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 馬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 馬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 馬, 馬兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 馬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 馬, 馬兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 馬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 馬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 馬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 馬 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 馬 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 馬 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 馬 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 馬 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 馬 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 馬 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 馬 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 馬 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 馬 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 馬 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 馬 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 馬仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 馬仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 馬 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 馬 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 馬 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 馬 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 馬 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 馬 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 馬 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 馬兒, 馬 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 馬 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 馬 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 馬 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 馬 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 馬 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 馬 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 馬 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 馬 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 馬 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 馬 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 馬 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 馬 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 馬 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 馬 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 馬 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 馬 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 馬 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 馬 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 馬 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 馬 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 馬 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 馬 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 馬 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 馬 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 馬 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 馬 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 馬 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 馬 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 馬 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 馬 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 馬 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 馬 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 馬 |
| Wu | Danyang | 馬 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 馬, 馬兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 馬 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 馬 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 馬 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 馬 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 馬 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 馬 |
* (racehorse): 賽馬／赛马 (sàimǎ)
* (subordinate):
* 下屬／下属 (xiàshǔ)
* 下級／下级 (xiàjí)
* 下跤手 (Hokkien)
* 下邊／下边
* 下面 (xiàmiàn)
* 手下 (shǒuxià)
* 部下 (bùxià)
* 部屬／部属 (bùshǔ)
* (errand runner): (Cantonese) 細工／细工 (xìgōng)
* (gang follower): 黨羽／党羽 (dǎngyǔ), 黨徒／党徒 (dǎngtú); (Cantonese) 撈家／捞家 (lāojiā)
* (pickpocket):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 扒手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 鑷子把兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 扒手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 三隻手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 扒手 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 扒手 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 三隻手兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 扒手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 三隻手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 三隻手, 倆夾兒, 賆家子 dated |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 溜娃子, 溜娃兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 三隻手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 扒手, 摸跟兒, 三隻手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 三隻手, 剾包的, 剾巴手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 扒手, 三隻手, 三隻眼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 扒兒手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 扒兒手, 三隻手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 三隻手, 扒手, 插手, 荷包友, 荷包仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 三隻手, 扒手, 文雀, 老插 dated |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 插手 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 扒仔, 三隻手 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 扒子手 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 扒子手 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 三隻手 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 撮仔, 爛仔, 撮仔賊 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 扒手, 拉手 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 剪綹仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 剪綹仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 剪綹仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 剪綹 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 剪綹仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 落子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 三隻手 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 三隻手 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 馬仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 街扒 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 三肢手, 剪綹仔, 剪綹 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 三肢手, 剪綹 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 佬仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 剪綹仔, 剪綹 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 鉸仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 剪綹仔, 飛鼠 GT |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 剪綹 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 剪綹 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 剪綹仔, 三肢手 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 拍沙包, 必搏結 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 扒龜囝, 扒囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 扒龜囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 插手 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 扒手, 三隻手 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 扒兒手, 三隻手, 扒手, 鉗工, 戳兒手 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 扒兒手, 三隻手 |
| Wu | Danyang | 扒兒手, 三隻手, 扒耳手 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 扒兒手, 三隻手 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 三隻手 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 三隻手 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 三隻手, 腰弄 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 扒手, 三隻手 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 扒子手, 三隻手 |
* (sachima):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 薩其馬, 沙琪瑪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 薩其馬, 薩其馬兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 薩其馬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 其馬酥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 薩其馬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 馬仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 馬仔 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 馬仔, 沙琪瑪 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 西騎馬 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 薩其馬 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 馬囝 |
* (bridge): 琴碼／琴码 (qínmǎ)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “subordinate”):
* 上司 (shàngsī)
* 上峰 (shàngfēng) (dated)
* 上級／上级 (shàngjí)