單槍匹馬

Chinese

		bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain	gun; firearm; rifle gun; firearm; rifle; spear	(measure word for horses, mules, a bolt of cloth); ordinary person; mate (measure word for horses, mules, a bolt of cloth); ordinary person; mate; one of a pair	horse; surname
trad. (單槍匹馬)		單	槍	匹	馬
simp. (单枪匹马)		单	枪	匹	马
Literally: “single spear and horse”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dānqiāngpǐmǎ, dānqiāngpīmǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄆㄧˇ ㄇㄚˇ, ㄉㄢ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄆㄧ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ coeng¹ pat¹ maa⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tan-chhiang-phit-má / tan-chhiuⁿ-phit-má

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dānqiāngpǐmǎ [Phonetic: dānqiāngpímǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄆㄧˇ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: danciangpǐmǎ
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹-chʻiang¹-pʻi³-ma³
    • Yale: dān-chyāng-pǐ-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danchiangpiimaa
    • Palladius: даньцянпима (danʹcjanpima)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ pʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dānqiāngpīmǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄆㄧ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: danciangpimǎ
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹-chʻiang¹-pʻi¹-ma³
    • Yale: dān-chyāng-pī-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danchiangpimaa
    • Palladius: даньцянпима (danʹcjanpima)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ pʰi⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan¹ coeng¹ pat¹ maa⁵
    • Yale: dāan chēung pāt máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ tsoeng¹ pat⁷ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ cêng¹ ped¹ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵ pʰɐt̚⁵ maː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tan-chhiang-phit-má
    • Tâi-lô: tan-tshiang-phit-má
    • Phofsit Daibuun: danchiangphitmar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pʰit̚³²⁻⁴ mã⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tan-chhiuⁿ-phit-má
    • Tâi-lô: tan-tshiunn-phit-má
    • Phofsit Daibuun: danchviuphitmar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰit̚³²⁻⁴ mã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰit̚³²⁻⁴ mã⁵³/

Idiom

單槍匹馬

1. single-handed; unassisted

Synonyms

• 一力 (yīlì)
• 匹馬單槍／匹马单枪 (pǐmǎdānqiāng)
• 單人匹馬／单人匹马 (dānrénpǐmǎ)
• 單人獨馬／单人独马 (dānréndúmǎ)
• 單兵獨馬／单兵独马 (dānbīngdúmǎ)
• 獨力／独力 (dúlì)
• 自力 (zìlì)
• 隻手／只手 (zhīshǒu)