驢年馬月

See also: 驴年马月

Chinese

		donkey	year	horse; surname	moon; month
trad. (驢年馬月)		驢	年	馬	月
simp. (驴年马月)		驴	年	马	月
Literally: “donkey year, horse month”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǘniánmǎyuè

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴ nin⁴ maa⁵ jyut⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǘniánmǎyuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lyúniánmǎyuè
  - Wade–Giles: lü²-nien²-ma³-yüeh⁴
  - Yale: lyú-nyán-mǎ-ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liunianmaayueh
  - Palladius: люйняньмаюэ (ljujnjanʹmajue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǘrniánmǎyuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˊㄦㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lyúrniánmǎyuè
  - Wade–Giles: lü²-ʼrh-nien²-ma³-yüeh⁴
  - Yale: lyúr-nyán-mǎ-ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liuelnianmaayueh
  - Palladius: люйрняньмаюэ (ljujrnjanʹmajue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyə̯ɻ³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: leoi⁴ nin⁴ maa⁵ jyut⁶
  - Yale: lèuih nìhn máh yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴ nin⁴ maa⁵ jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴ nin⁴ ma⁵ yud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹ niːn²¹ maː¹³ jyːt̚²/

Idiom

驢年馬月

time that will never come; impossible date; the remote future; God knows when; an unknown and long time; donkey's years

Synonyms

猴年馬月／猴年马月 (hóuniánmǎyuè)

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