一馬當先

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	horse; surname	to take the lead in; originally; at first
trad. (一馬當先)		一	馬	當先
simp. (一马当先)		一	马	当先

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīmǎdāngxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄤ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ maa⁵ dong¹ sin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-má-tong-sian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīmǎdāngxiān [Phonetic: yìmǎdāngxiān]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄤ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yimǎdangsian
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-ma³-tang¹-hsien¹
    • Yale: yī-mǎ-dāng-syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: imaadangshian
    • Palladius: имадансянь (imadansjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ maa⁵ dong¹ sin¹
    • Yale: yāt máh dōng sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ maa⁵ dong¹ sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ma⁵ dong¹ xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ maː¹³ tɔːŋ⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-má-tong-sian
    • Tâi-lô: it-má-tong-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: itmafdongsiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔŋ³³ siɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn⁴⁴/

Idiom

一馬當先

1. to gallop at the head; to take the lead; to be in the foremost rank