馬後炮

Chinese

		horse; surname	back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	cannon; gun; firecracker
trad. (馬後炮/馬後砲)		馬	後	炮/砲
simp. (马后炮)		马	后	炮

Etymology

The name of a Chinese chess move; see the Wikipedia article for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎhòupào

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄡˋ ㄆㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ hau⁶ paau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎhòupào
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄡˋ ㄆㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎhòupào
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-hou⁴-pʻao⁴
    • Yale: mǎ-hòu-pàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maahowpaw
    • Palladius: махоупао (maxoupao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎhòupàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄡˋ ㄆㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎhòupàor
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-hou⁴-pʻao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: mǎ-hòu-pàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maahowpawl
    • Palladius: махоупаор (maxoupaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ hau⁶ paau³
    • Yale: máh hauh paau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ hau⁶ paau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ heo⁶ pao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ hɐu̯²² pʰaːu̯³³/

Noun

馬後炮

1. (xiangqi) “cannon shot behind horse”, a position in which one's general is checkmated by the opponent's horse and cannon
2. (idiomatic, figurative) belated effort or action; twenty-twenty hindsight

Derived terms

• 放馬後炮／放马后炮