Chinese

Noun

牛馬

1. oxen and horses; beasts of burden

Japanese

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese compound 牛馬 ‎(ngjuw mæ^X, literally “ox + horse”).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) ぎゅ​うば [gyúꜜùbà] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɡjɯᵝːba̠]

Noun

牛馬 ‎(hiragana ぎゅうば, romaji gyūba, historical hiragana ぎうば)

1. oxen and horses, beasts of burden

Etymology 2

Compound of 牛 ‎(ushi, “ox”) +‎ 馬 ‎(uma, “horse”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) うしうま [ùshíúmá] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɯᵝɕiɯᵝma̠]

Noun

牛馬 ‎(hiragana うしうま, romaji ushiuma)

1. a small breed of horse, extinct since 1947

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3