風馬牛不相及

See also: 风马牛不相及

Chinese

		to attract to each other	horse; surname	ox; cow; bull	not; no
trad. (風馬牛不相及)		風	馬	牛	不	相及
simp. (风马牛不相及)		风	马	牛	不	相及
Literally: “a horse and a cattle cannot be attracted to each other when in heat”.

Etymology

A story from Zuozhuan.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēng mǎ niú bù xiāngjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄇㄚˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ maa⁵ ngau⁴ bat¹ soeng¹ kap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēng mǎ niú bù xiāngjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄇㄚˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fong mǎ nióu bù siangjí
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹ ma³ niu² pu⁴ hsiang¹-chi²
    • Yale: fēng mǎ nyóu bù syāng-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feng maa niou bu shiangjyi
    • Palladius: фэн ма ню бу сянцзи (fɛn ma nju bu sjanczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ maa⁵ ngau⁴ bat¹ soeng¹ kap⁶
    • Yale: fūng máh ngàuh bāt sēung kahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ maa⁵ ngau⁴ bat⁷ soeng¹ kap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ ma⁵ ngeo⁴ bed¹ sêng¹ keb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ maː¹³ ŋɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵ kʰɐp̚²/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 風馬牛不相及

1. (of words, objects) to have no relationship with each other whatsoever; to be totally irrelevant; apples and oranges