# 竹馬
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhúmǎ
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄚˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk$^1$ maa$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tek-bé / tiok-má
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhúmǎ
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄚˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhúmǎ
*** Wade–Giles: chu$^2$-ma$^3$
*** Yale: jú-mǎ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwumaa
*** Palladius: чжума (čžuma)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhúmǎr
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄚˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhúmǎr
*** Wade–Giles: chu$^2$-ma$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: jú-mǎr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwumaal
*** Palladius: чжумар (čžumar)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ mɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zuk$^1$ maa$^5$
*** Yale: jūk máh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk$^7$ maa$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zug$^1$ ma$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊk̚⁵ maː¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-bé
*** Tâi-lô: tik-bé
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dekbea
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ be⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ be⁵³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiok-má
*** Tâi-lô: tiok-má
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diokmar
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ mã⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ mã⁵³/

#### Noun

竹馬
* hobby horse (toy)
** (figurative) male childhood sweetheart
*** 2024 December 1, 巧莓味小羊, Bilibili‎, archived from the original on 2024-12-27:
       Hé lóngzi zhúmǎ liányīn hòu, wǒmen tiāntiān zuòhèn. Méiyǒu gǎnqíng, quán shì jìqiǎo. Wǔ-nián shíjiān yí dào, běn dǎsuàn lìkè jiěchú xiéyì. Yǎnqián què fúxiàn chū tā lóngzhe ěrduo wèi wǒ mǎi tánghúlu chādiǎn bèi chē zhuàng de huàmiàn, yīxià xīnruǎn. [Pinyin]
       After I get married to be in alliance with my deaf childhood sweetheart, we have sex every day, but there’s no love involved—just physical intimacy. When our five-year anniversary was coming up, I was ready to end the relationship right away. But then I remembered the time he nearly got hit by a car while he was out buying me candied hawthorn. That memory made me feel so tenderhearted all of a sudden.
* bamboo horse used in folk dance

##### Derived terms

* 竹馬之友 / 竹马之友 (zhúmǎzhīyǒu)
* 青梅竹馬 / 青梅竹马 (qīngméizhúmǎ)

### Pronunciation 2

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tek-bé / tek-bée
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-bé
*** Tâi-lô: tik-bé
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dekbea
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ be⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ be⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-bée
*** Tâi-lô: tik-bée
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ bɛ⁵³/

#### Noun

竹馬
* (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) bamboo shelf on both ends of a bamboo bed to support the bedboard
* (Taiwanese Hokkien, derogatory) person who walks with long legs

##### Synonyms

* (Hokkien) 竹馬椅仔／竹马椅仔, 馬椅仔／马椅仔, 馬椅仔跤／马椅仔跤

#### Verb

竹馬
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) to be poisoned by eating the insects inside bamboo (of a cow)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 竹 | 馬 |
| ちく Grade: 1 | ば Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||
Kanji in this term :
| 竹 | 馬 |
| たけ Grade: 1 | うま Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi ||

### Etymology

From 竹 (take, chiku, “bamboo”) +‎ 馬 (uma, ba, “horse”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) たけうま [tàkéúmá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ta̠ke̞ɯ̟ma̠]
* (Tokyo) ちくば [chíꜜkùbà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* (Tokyo) ちくば [chìkúꜜbà] (Nakadaka – [2])
* IPA: [t͡ɕi̥kɯ̟ba̠]

### Noun

竹(たけ)馬(うま) or 竹(ちく)馬(ば) • (takeuma or chikuba)
* (literal) a bamboo horse (bamboo toy that resembles a horse that children can ride on)
* bamboo stilts (walking pole)
* walking on bamboo stilts
(alternative reading hiragana ちくば, rōmaji chikuba)
* Synonym of 幼時 (yōji, “childhood”) (time when one is a child)

#### Derived terms

* 竹(ちく)馬(ば)の友(とも) (chikuba no tomo)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 竹 | 馬 |

### Noun

竹馬 • (jungma) (hangeul 죽마)
* hanja form of 죽마