弼馬溫

See also: 弼马温

Chinese

		assist	horse; surname	(luke)warm; to review
trad. (弼馬溫/弼馬温)		弼	馬	溫/温
simp. (弼马温)		弼	马	温

Etymology

Homophone of 避馬瘟／避马瘟 (bìmǎwēn, “to prevent horse's disease”) in Mandarin. It is thought that adding monkey's urine to the fodder for horses can prevent horses falling ill.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Bìmǎwēn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄨㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Bìmǎwēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Bìmǎwun
  - Wade–Giles: Pi⁴-ma³-wên¹
  - Yale: Bì-mǎ-wēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bihmaauen
  - Palladius: Бимавэнь (Bimavɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən⁵⁵/

Proper noun

弼馬溫

Official position for Sun Wukong (Monkey King) in the novel Journey to the West.

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