# 驢馬
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some! Particularly: “Wenzhou”

### Noun

驢馬
* (Wenzhounese) mule (offspring of a donkey and a horse)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 騾子, 騾 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 騾子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 騾 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 騾子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 騾子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 騾子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 騾子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 騾子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 騾子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 騾子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 騾子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 騾子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 騾子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 騾子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 騾子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 騾子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 騾子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 騾子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 騾子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 騾子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 騾子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 騾子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 騾子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 騾子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 騾子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 騾子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 騾子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 騾子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 騾子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 騾子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 騾子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 騾子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 騾子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 騾子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 騾子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 騾子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 騾子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 騾子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 騾子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 騾子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 騾子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 騾子, 騾娃兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 騾子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 騾子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 騾子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 騾子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 騾子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 騾子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 騾子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 騾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 騾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 騾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 騾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 騾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 騾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 騾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 騾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 騾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 騾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 騾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 騾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 騾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 騾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 騾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 騾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 騾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 騾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 騾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 騾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 騾子, 騾 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 騾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 騾 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 騾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 騾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 騾子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 騾子, 騾 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 騾子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 騾子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 騾子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 騾子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 騾子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 騾子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 騾子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 騾子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 騾 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 騾 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 騾, 騾馬 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 騾馬 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 騾子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 騾仔, 騾 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 騾子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 騾 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 騾 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 騾子 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 騾子 |
| Jin | Datong | 騾子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 騾子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 騾子 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 騾子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 騾子 |
| Jin | Jining | 騾子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 騾子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 騾子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 騾子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 騾子 |
| Jin | Handan | 騾子 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 騾了 |
| Jin | Suide | 騾子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 騾, 騾仔 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 騾, 騾仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 騾 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 騾 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 騾仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 騾 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 騾 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 騾仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 騾仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 騾, 騾馬仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 騾 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 騾 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 騾 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 騾 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 騾子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 騾子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 騾子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 騾子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 騾子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 驢馬 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 騾 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 騾子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 騾子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 騾子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 騾子 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 驢 | 馬 |
| ろ Hyōgai | ば Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 馿馬 (extended shinjitai)

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ろば [róꜜbà] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɾo̞ba̠]

### Noun

驢(ろ)馬(ば) or 驢馬(ロバ) • (roba)
* a donkey (domestic animal)

#### Usage notes

* As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ロバ.

### See also

* 騾(ラ)馬(バ) (raba, “mule”)
* 駃(ケッ)騠(テイ) (kettei, “hinny”)

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN