白馬非馬

Chinese

		white horse; sacrificial song in ancient China	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa	horse; surname
trad. (白馬非馬)		白馬	非	馬
simp. (白马非马)		白马	非	马

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báimǎ fēi mǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄟ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ maa⁵ fei¹ maa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báimǎ fēi mǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄟ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báimǎ fei mǎ
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-ma³ fei¹ ma³
    • Yale: bái-mǎ fēi mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairmaa fei maa
    • Palladius: байма фэй ма (bajma fɛj ma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ maa⁵ fei¹ maa⁵
    • Yale: baahk máh fēi máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ maa⁵ fei¹ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ ma⁵ féi¹ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² maː¹³ fei̯⁵⁵ maː¹³/

Phrase

白馬非馬

1. (Chinese philosophy) A white horse is not a horse (a paradox and a sophistry)