盲人瞎馬

Chinese

		blind person	blind	horse; surname
trad. (盲人瞎馬)		盲人	瞎	馬
simp. (盲人瞎马)		盲人	瞎	马
Literally: “a blind person [riding] a blind horse”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mángrénxiāmǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄚㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁴ jan⁴ hat⁶ maa⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mángrénxiāmǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄚㄇㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mángrénsiamǎ
  - Wade–Giles: mang²-jên²-hsia¹-ma³
  - Yale: máng-rén-syā-mǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mangrenshiamaa
  - Palladius: манжэньсяма (manžɛnʹsjama)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maang⁴ jan⁴ hat⁶ maa⁵
  - Yale: màahng yàhn haht máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁴ jan⁴ hat⁹ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mang⁴ yen⁴ hed⁶ ma⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːŋ²¹ jɐn²¹ hɐt̚² maː¹³/

Idiom

盲人瞎馬

(figurative) to be very dangerous

Synonyms

盲人騎瞎馬／盲人骑瞎马 (mángrén qí xiā mǎ)

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