匹馬

See also: 匹马

Chinese

		(measure word for horses, mules, a bolt of cloth); ordinary person; mate (measure word for horses, mules, a bolt of cloth); ordinary person; mate; one of a pair	horse; surname
trad. (匹馬)		匹	馬
simp. (匹马)		匹	马
anagram		馬匹／马匹
Literally: “a single horse”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǐmǎ, pīmǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˇ ㄇㄚˇ, ㄆㄧ ㄇㄚˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǐmǎ [Phonetic: pímǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǐmǎ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi³-ma³
    • Yale: pǐ-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piimaa
    • Palladius: пима (pima)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pīmǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pimǎ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi¹-ma³
    • Yale: pī-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pimaa
    • Palladius: пима (pima)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Adverb

匹馬

1. (archaic, figuratively) alone; by oneself

Derived terms

• 匹馬不還 / 匹马不还
• 匹馬單槍 / 匹马单枪 (pǐmǎdānqiāng)
• 匹馬單鎗 / 匹马单枪 (pǐmǎdānqiāng)
• 匹馬隻輪 / 匹马只轮
• 單槍匹馬 / 单枪匹马 (dānqiāngpǐmǎ)