一馬平川

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	horse; surname	flat and level ground; plains with surmountable rivers/without geographical barrier
trad. (一馬平川)		一	馬	平川
simp. (一马平川)		一	马	平川

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīmǎpíngchuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄇㄚˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ maa⁵ ping⁴ cyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīmǎpíngchuān [Phonetic: yìmǎpíngchuān]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄇㄚˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yimǎpíngchuan
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-ma³-pʻing²-chʻuan¹
    • Yale: yī-mǎ-píng-chwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: imaapyngchuan
    • Palladius: имапинчуань (imapinčuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ maa⁵ ping⁴ cyun¹
    • Yale: yāt máh pìhng chyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ maa⁵ ping⁴ tsyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ma⁵ ping⁴ qun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ maː¹³ pʰɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

一馬平川

1. wide expanse of flat land; wide stretch of flat country

Synonyms

• (Xiang) 一坦平洋