馬屁

See also: 马屁

Chinese

		horse; surname	to break wind; to fart
trad. (馬屁)		馬	屁
simp. (马屁)		马	屁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎpì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄆㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ pei³
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶mo-phi / ⁶mo-phi₅ / ²mo₆-phi₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎpì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄆㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎpì
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-pʻi⁴
    • Yale: mǎ-pì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maapih
    • Palladius: мапи (mapi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ pei³
    • Yale: máh pei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ pei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ péi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ pʰei̯³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mo-phi
    • MiniDict: mo^去 phi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mo-phi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mo²² pʰi⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mo-phi₅
    • MiniDict: mo^去 phi^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /mo²³ pʰi¹¹/
  • (Northern: Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ²mo₆-phi₅
    • MiniDict: mo^去 phi^去
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /mo²² pʰi⁵¹/

Noun

馬屁

1. (literally) horse's backside
2. (figurative) flattery; adulation

Derived terms

• 拍馬屁／拍马屁 (pāi mǎpì)
• 馬屁拍在馬腳上／马屁拍在马脚上
• 馬屁拍在馬腿上／马屁拍在马腿上 (mǎpì pāi zài mǎtuǐ shàng)
• 馬屁精／马屁精 (mǎpìjīng)
• 馬屁鬼／马屁鬼