快馬加鞭

Chinese

		fast; quick; swift	horse; surname	to add; plus	a whip or lash; to flog; slash or whip
trad. (快馬加鞭)		快	馬	加	鞭
simp. (快马加鞭)		快	马	加	鞭
Literally: “to whip a fast horse”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuàimǎjiābiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄅㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faai³ maa⁵ gaa¹ bin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuàimǎjiābiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄅㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuàimǎjiabian
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuai⁴-ma³-chia¹-pien¹
    • Yale: kwài-mǎ-jyā-byān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuaymaajiabian
    • Palladius: куаймацзябянь (kuajmaczjabjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faai³ maa⁵ gaa¹ bin¹
    • Yale: faai máh gā bīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faai³ maa⁵ gaa¹ bin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fai³ ma⁵ ga¹ bin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːi̯³³ maː¹³ kaː⁵⁵ piːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

快馬加鞭

1. (of a fast person or thing) to go even faster