飲馬河

Chinese

		to water horses	river
trad. (飲馬河)		飲馬	河
simp. (饮马河)		饮马	河

Etymology

飲馬／饮马 (yìnmǎ) is in fact a phono-semantic matching of the non-Sinitic name of the river.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yìnmǎhé

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄜˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yìnmǎhé
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yìnmǎhé
  - Wade–Giles: Yin⁴-ma³-ho²
  - Yale: Yìn-mǎ-hé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yinnmaaher
  - Palladius: Иньмахэ (Inʹmaxɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/

Proper noun

飲馬河

Yinma River (a river in Jilin province, China; a tributary of the Second Songhua River)

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