# 立馬
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): lìmǎ
       (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄇㄚˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ni$^2$ ma$^3$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lap$^6$ maa$^5$ / laap$^6$ maa$^5$
* Jin (Wiktionary): lieh$^4$ ma$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lìmǎ
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄇㄚˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lìmǎ
*** Wade–Giles: li$^4$-ma$^3$
*** Yale: lì-mǎ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihmaa
*** Palladius: лима (lima)
*** Sinological IPA : /li⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$利馬 / 利马 立馬 / 立马
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (立馬兒 / 立马儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lìmǎr
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄇㄚˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lìmǎr
*** Wade–Giles: li$^4$-ma$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: lì-mǎr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihmaal
*** Palladius: лимар (limar)
*** Sinological IPA : /li⁵¹ mɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ni$^2$ ma$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: limaa
*** Sinological IPA : /ni²¹ ma⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lap$^6$ maa$^5$ / laap$^6$ maa$^5$
*** Yale: lahp máh / laahp máh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lap$^9$ maa$^5$ / laap$^9$ maa$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: leb$^6$ ma$^5$ / lab$^6$ ma$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐp̚² maː¹³/, /laːp̚² maː¹³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: lieh$^4$ ma$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /liəʔ²⁻⁴⁵ ma⁵³/

### Adverb

立馬
* (chiefly Mandarin, colloquial) immediately; at once

#### Synonyms

* 即便 (jíbiàn) (literary)
* 即刻 (jíkè)
* 即時 / 即时 (jíshí) (formal)
* 及時 / 及时 (jíshí)
* 應時 / 应时 (yìngshí)
* 當即 / 当即 (dāngjí)
* 當時 / 当时 (dàngshí)
* 登即 (dēngjí)
* 登時 / 登时 (dēngshí)
* 眼看 (yǎnkàn)
* 眼見 / 眼见 (yǎnjiàn)
* 立刻 (lìkè)
* 立即 (lìjí)
* 立時 / 立时 (lìshí)
* 第一時間 / 第一时间 (dì-yī shíjiān)
* 隨即 / 随即 (suíjí)
* 隨手 / 随手 (suíshǒu)
* 頓時 / 顿时 (dùnshí)
* 馬上 / 马上 (mǎshàng)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 馬上, 立刻, 立即, 即時, 即刻, 隨即, 迅即, 立時, 當下, 當即, 登時, 頓時, 眼看 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 馬上, 立時刻, 立馬兒, 跟時, 跟手兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 馬上, 立刻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 馬上, 立刻亮兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 馬上 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 馬上, 立刻 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 馬上, 馬上馬, 立刻, 立馬追即 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 跟著, 馬上, 眼看著 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 眼看, 當下, 說聲兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 馬上 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 馬上 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 眼看 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 馬上馬, 馬展, 馬時 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 馬上, 眼看 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 馬上, 立馬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 馬上, 立馬兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 馬上, 跟倒, 跟即, 立時, 立馬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 馬上, 接身, 眼看 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 馬上, 立馬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 馬上 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 馬上 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 馬即, 馬上 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 馬上 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 馬上 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 即刻, 即時, 登時, 當堂 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 即刻, 立即, 即時, 當堂 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 即刻, 當下 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 即午, 馬上 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 跟手 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 即刻 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 即刻 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 馬上, 仰上 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 馬上, 即刻 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 馬上 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 即刻, 即時, 馬上, 黏時, 力曆 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 馬上 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 黏時, 黏皮, 跈等, 馬上 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 黏時, 黏皮, 跈等, 馬上 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 黏皮, 黏時, 跈等, 馬上 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 黏時, 跈緊, 跈核, 登時, 馬上 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 黏時, 跈等, 馬上 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 黏時, 隨 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 當時 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 馬上 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 馬上 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 馬上 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 即刻 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 馬上 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 馬上 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 跟手, 立馬, 立時三刻 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 眼看 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 馬上 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 此刻, 馬上, 連刻 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 連鞭, 隨, 隨時, 隨煞, 現煞, 馬上, 煞 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 連鞭, 隨, 隨煞, 現煞, 馬上, 煞 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 隨時 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 連鞭, 隨, 現煞, 馬上, 煞 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 連鞭, 隨時, 即時 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 馬上 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 隨, 隨隨, 隨時 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 隨時, 馬上, 即時 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 馬上 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 隨時, 靈時 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 馬上 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 當下, 即時 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 即刻, 登場 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 馬上, 即刻 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 馬上, 即刻 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 馬上, 即刻, 隨即, 立刻, 立時, 頓時, 歇歇, 立時三刻, 臨時豁腳, 立馬造橋 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 眼看 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 馬上 |
| Wu | Danyang | 跟手 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 立馬兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 隨手 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 馬上, 馬上馬, 隨手, 肇 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 馬上 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 馬上, 𪐀噠 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 馬下 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 馬上 |

### Verb

立馬
* to halt one's horse
    From: Taiping Guangji (Extensive Records of the Taiping Era), 978 CE
    Hòu shù yuè, Féng shēng zì Cháng'ān zhī rèn, zhì Língyánsì mén, lìmǎ wàng yuē: “Qǐfēi jiàn shī suǒ jū sì hū?” [Pinyin]
    Months later, when he was passing by the Temple of Magic Rock, he reined back his horse and searched the hill with his eyes. “Wasn't this where Mirror said he lived?” he said.

#### Synonyms

* 駐馬／驻马 (zhùmǎ)

### Noun

立馬
* (archaic) a name for a type of equestrian performance

#### Synonyms

* (archaic) 馬戲／马戏 (mǎxì)