盲人瞎馬

Chinese

		blind person	blind	horse; surname
trad. (盲人瞎馬)		盲人	瞎	馬
simp. (盲人瞎马)		盲人	瞎	马
Literally: “a blind person [riding] a blind horse”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mángrénxiāmǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄚ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁴ jan⁴ hat⁶ maa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mángrénxiāmǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄚ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mángrénsiamǎ
    • Wade–Giles: mang²-jên²-hsia¹-ma³
    • Yale: máng-rén-syā-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mangrenshiamaa
    • Palladius: манжэньсяма (manžɛnʹsjama)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maang⁴ jan⁴ hat⁶ maa⁵
    • Yale: màahng yàhn haht máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁴ jan⁴ hat⁹ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mang⁴ yen⁴ hed⁶ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːŋ²¹ jɐn²¹ hɐt̚² maː¹³/

Idiom

盲人瞎馬

1. (figurative) to be very dangerous

Synonyms

• 盲人騎瞎馬／盲人骑瞎马 (mángrén qí xiā mǎ)