非驢非馬

Chinese

		not	donkey	not	horse
trad. (非驢非馬)		非	驢	非	馬
simp. (非驴非马)		非	驴	非	马

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēilǘfēimǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄌㄩˊ ㄈㄟ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ leoi⁴ fei¹ maa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēilǘfēimǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄌㄩˊ ㄈㄟ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: feilyúfeimǎ
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹-lü²-fei¹-ma³
    • Yale: fēi-lyú-fēi-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feiliufeimaa
    • Palladius: фэйлюйфэйма (fɛjljujfɛjma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ ly³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei¹ leoi⁴ fei¹ maa⁵
    • Yale: fēi lèuih fēi máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ loey⁴ fei¹ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ lêu⁴ féi¹ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ lɵy̯²¹ fei̯⁵⁵ maː¹³/

Idiom

非驢非馬

1. neither fish nor fowl

See also

• 不倫不類／不伦不类 (bùlúnbùlèi)
• 四不像 (sìbùxiàng)
• 不三不四 (bùsānbùsì)
• (Cantonese) 唔三唔四