馬路三寶

Chinese

		wide road used for horses and horse-drawn carriages	three precious things; Three Ancestral Treasures
trad. (馬路三寶)		馬路	三寶
simp. (马路三宝)		马路	三宝

Etymology

Originally generalized by PTT users as three types of bad drivers: 女人 (nǚrén, “women”), 老人 (lǎorén, “old people”), and 老女人 (lǎo nǚrén, “old women”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎlù sānbǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄨˋ ㄙㄢ ㄅㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎlù sānbǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄨˋ ㄙㄢ ㄅㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎlù sanbǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-lu⁴ san¹-pao³
    • Yale: mǎ-lù sān-bǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maaluh sanbao
    • Palladius: малу саньбао (malu sanʹbao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

馬路三寶

1. (Taiwan, Internet slang) bad drivers that do not obey traffic rules

Synonyms

• 三寶／三宝 (sānbǎo)