招兵買馬

Chinese

		to recruit soldiers; to raise troops	buy	horse; surname
trad. (招兵買馬)		招兵	買	馬
simp. (招兵买马)		招兵	买	马

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāobīngmǎimǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄇㄞˇ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ bing¹ maai⁵ maa⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chio-peng-mái-má

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāobīngmǎimǎ [Phonetic: zhāobīngmáimǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄇㄞˇ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhaobingmǎimǎ
    • Wade–Giles: chao¹-ping¹-mai³-ma³
    • Yale: jāu-bīng-mǎi-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaubingmaemaa
    • Palladius: чжаобинмайма (čžaobinmajma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ piŋ⁵⁵ maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ziu¹ bing¹ maai⁵ maa⁵
    • Yale: jīu bīng máaih máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ bing¹ maai⁵ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ bing¹ mai⁵ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ pɪŋ⁵⁵ maːi̯¹³ maː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio-peng-mái-má
    • Tâi-lô: tsio-ping-mái-má
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioi'pengmaymar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sio⁴⁴⁻²² piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² mãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sio³³ piɪŋ³³ mãi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sio⁴⁴⁻²² piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² mãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ mãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ mãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mã⁴¹/

Idiom

招兵買馬

1. to raise or enlarge an army by recruiting soldiers and buying horses
2. to rally people or to enlarge an organization