粵

人jan4馬maa5

simp人马
jan4 maa5rén mǎ

English

  1. men and horses
  2. troops
  3. group of people
  4. troop
  5. staff
  6. centaur
  7. forces; troops
  8. a team worked on something
  9. centaur; hippocentaur

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 本指士兵同馬,借指軍隊(量詞:隊/路)
  2. 引申指一班做同一件事嘅人
  3. 希臘神話裏面一種半人半馬嘅生物,上半身係人嘅身體,包括手同頭,下半身係馬身,包括四隻腳(量詞:隻)

Examples

  • 原班人馬

    same team of people

  • 全部人馬都已經安全過河。

    All the troops have safely crossed the river. ----

  • 導演集齊人馬開拍呢套劇嘅續集。

    The director has assembled the cast and crew to shoot the sequel to this film. ----

  • 人馬係一種只存在喺幻想中嘅生物。

    Centaurs are only a kind of imaginative creature.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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