黑馬

See also: 黑马

Chinese

		black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)	horse; surname
trad. (黑馬)		黑	馬
simp. (黑马)		黑	马

Etymology

Calque of English dark horse.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hēimǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄟ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ maa⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): het-mâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hēimǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄟ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: heimǎ
    • Wade–Giles: hei¹-ma³
    • Yale: hēi-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heimaa
    • Palladius: хэйма (xɛjma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ maa⁵
    • Yale: hāk máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ maː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: het-mâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: hed^ˋ ma^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hed⁵ ma¹
    • Sinological IPA: /het̚² ma²⁴/

Noun

黑馬

1. (figurative) dark horse (racehorse or person with unexpected capabilities)

Synonyms

• 爆冷 (bàolěng), 爆冷門／爆冷门 (bào lěngmén)
• (Hong Kong Cantonese) 冷馬／冷马
• (Min Nan) 烏馬／乌马