香車寶馬

Chinese

			precious horse; treasure horse; BMW
trad. (香車寶馬)		香車	寶馬
simp. (香车宝马)		香车	宝马

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngchē bǎomǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄔㄜ ㄅㄠˇ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ ce¹ bou² maa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngchē bǎomǎ [Phonetic: xiāngchēbáomǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄔㄜ ㄅㄠˇ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangche bǎomǎ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-chʻê¹ pao³-ma³
    • Yale: syāng-chē bǎu-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangche baomaa
    • Palladius: сянчэ баома (sjančɛ baoma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ ce¹ bou² maa⁵
    • Yale: hēung chē bóu máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ tse¹ bou² maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ cé¹ bou² ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ pou̯³⁵ maː¹³/

Idiom

香車寶馬

1. Alternative form of 寶馬香車／宝马香车 (bǎomǎ xiāngchē, “lavishly decorated carriages and horses”)