事急馬行田

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	hurried; worried	horse; surname	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	field; farm
trad. (事急馬行田)		事	急	馬	行	田
simp. (事急马行田)		事	急	马	行	田
Literally: “the horse moves like the character 田 (tián) in an emergency”.

Etymology

In xiangqi, the horse can only move like the character 日 on the chessboard. A horse moving like the character 田 violates the rule.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shì jí mǎ xíng tián

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ gap¹ maa⁵ haang⁴ tin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shì jí mǎ xíng tián
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìh jí mǎ síng tián
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴ chi² ma³ hsing² tʻien²
  - Yale: shr̀ jí mǎ syíng tyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh jyi maa shyng tyan
  - Palladius: ши цзи ма син тянь (ši czi ma sin tjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ gap¹ maa⁵ haang⁴ tin⁴
  - Yale: sih gāp máh hàahng tìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ gap⁷ maa⁵ haang⁴ tin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ geb¹ ma⁵ hang⁴ tin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² kɐp̚⁵ maː¹³ haːŋ²¹ tʰiːn²¹/

Idiom

事急馬行田

to take extraordinary actions in an emergency

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