司馬

See also: 司马

Chinese

company; control horse; surname
trad. (司馬) 司 馬
simp. (司马) 司 马

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 司 馬
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 之 (19) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III II
Fanqie 息兹切 莫下切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/sɨ/ /mˠaX/
Pan
Wuyun
/sɨ/ /mᵚaX/
Shao
Rongfen
/sie/ /maX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sɨ/ /maɨX/
Li
Rong
/siə/ /maX/
Wang
Li
/sĭə/ /maX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/si/ /maX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
sī mǎ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
si1 maa5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 司 馬
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
sī mǎ
Middle
Chinese
‹ si › ‹ mæX ›
Old
Chinese
/*s-lə/ /*mˁraʔ/
English superintend horse

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 司 馬
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11951 8715
Phonetic
component
司 馬
Rime
group
之 魚
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
思 馬
Old
Chinese
/*slɯ/ /*mraːʔ/

Noun

司馬

  1. (archaic) Grand Marshal (an important official post during the Han Dynasty)
  2. (archaic) Major (a low-level position within a commandery; the person in this position handled military affairs within the commandery)

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 大司馬/大司马 (dàsīmǎ)
  • 文君司馬/文君司马
  • 江州司馬/江州司马
  • 江州司馬/江州司马

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (司馬):
  • → Japanese: 司馬(しば) (shiba)
  • → Korean: 사마(司馬) (sama)

(Others)

  • → Tocharian B: simā

Proper noun

司馬

  1. a surname: Sima
    司馬遷/司马迁  ―  Sīmǎ Qiān  ―  Sima Qian (author of the Records of the Grand Historian)
    司馬懿/司马懿  ―  Sīmǎ Yì  ―  Sima Yi (politician during the Three Kingdoms period)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (司馬):

Others:

  • → Bouyei: Siymaj
  • → English: Sima, Szema
  • → Zhuang: Swhmaj

Adjective

司馬

  1. (Mandarin, Internet slang, vulgar) Alternative form of 死媽/死妈. (see 你媽死了/你妈死了 for details)

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
司 馬
し
Grade: 4
ば
Grade: 2
kan’on

Etymology

Literary Chinese 司馬

Pronunciation

Noun

司(し)馬(ば) • (shiba) 

  1. (historical, government, religion, military) a position in feudal China, responsible for certain bureaucratic, religious and military affairs
    Holonym: 三公
    Coordinate terms: 司空, 司徒
  2. (historical, government) Synonym of 掾 (jō, “third-in-command of a 国司 (kokushi, “governorship”)”) (唐名 (karana, “Chinese designation”))

Proper noun

司(し)馬(ば) • (Shiba) 

  1. a surname from Chinese
    司(し)馬(ば)遷(せん)
    Shiba Sen
    Sima Qian
    司(し)馬(ば)懿(い)
    Shiba I
    Sima Yi
    司(し)馬(ば)江(こう)漢(かん)
    Shiba Kōkan
    (please add an English translation of this example)
    司(し)馬(ば)凌(りょう)海(かい)
    Shiba Ryōkai
    (please add an English translation of this example)

Korean

Hanja in this term
司馬

Proper noun

司馬 • (Sama) (hangeul 사마)

  1. Hanja form? of 사마.
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