馬腳

See also: 马脚 and 馬脚

Chinese

		horse; surname	role; foot; base
trad. (馬腳)		馬	腳
simp. (马脚)		马	脚

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎjiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ goek³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mâ-kiok
Min Nan (POJ): bé-kha / bée-kha

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǎjiǎo [Phonetic: májiǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maajeau
  - IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa⁵ goek³
  - Yale: máh geuk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ goek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ gêg³
  - IPA ^(key): /mäː¹³ kœ̽ːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mâ-kiok
  - Hakka Romanization System: ma´ giog`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ma¹ giog⁵
  - IPA: /ma²⁴ ki̯ok̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-kha
  - Tâi-lô: bé-kha
  - Phofsit Daibuun: befqaf
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /be⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰa³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bée-kha
  - Tâi-lô: bée-kha
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɛ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /mˠa^X kɨɐk̚/▼

Rime
Character	馬	腳
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	莫下切	居勺切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠa^X/	/kɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚa^X/	/kiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ma^X/	/kiɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨ^X/	/kɨak̚/
Li Rong	/ma^X/	/kiak̚/
Wang Li	/ma^X/	/kĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ma^X/	/ki̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǎ	jue

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤraʔ [k]ak/

(Zhengzhang): /*mraːʔ kaɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	馬	腳
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mǎ	jiǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ mæ^X ›	‹ kjak ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁraʔ/	/*[k]ak/
English	horse	leg, foot
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	馬	腳
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8715	10737
Phonetic component	馬	郤
Rime group	魚	鐸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	馬	腳
Old Chinese	/*mraːʔ/	/*kaɡ/

Noun

馬腳

horse's feet
(figuratively) cloven foot; something that gives the game away; mistake or gap in a speech or theory; flaw
他裝英國人，但他的口音讓他露了馬腳。 [MSC, trad.]
他装英国人，但他的口音让他露了马脚。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā zhuāng Yīngguórén, dàn tā de kǒuyīn ràng tā lòu le mǎjiǎo. [Pinyin]
He pretended to be British, but his foreign accent gave him away.

Derived terms

不露馬腳／不露马脚
走了馬腳／走了马脚
露出馬腳／露出马脚

露馬腳／露马脚
馬屁拍在馬腳上／马屁拍在马脚上

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (馬腳):

→ Japanese: 馬脚 (ばきゃく) (bakyaku)
→ Korean: 마각 (馬腳, magak)
→ Vietnamese: mã cước (馬腳)

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