白旄黃鉞

See also: 白旄黄钺

Chinese

		white banners	gilded axes
trad. (白旄黃鉞)		白旄	黃鉞
simp. (白旄黄钺)		白旄	黄钺

Etymology

白旄 (a white banner with a yak tail on the top of the pole) + 黃鉞 (a gilded battle-ax: symbolic of the power and authority of an emperor or high official)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báimáo huángyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄩㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báimáo huángyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báimáo huángyuè
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-mao² huang²-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: bái-máu hwáng-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairmau hwangyueh
    • Palladius: баймао хуанъюэ (bajmao xuanʺjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/

Noun

白旄黃鉞

1. (archaic) white banners and gilded axes (signifying the start of a military expedition)

References

• Luo, Guanzhong (14th century) Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 5, page 70, note 15 (in Mandarin), published 1994, →ISBN