招兵買馬

Chinese

		to recruit soldiers; to raise troops	buy	horse; surname
trad. (招兵買馬)		招兵	買	馬
simp. (招兵买马)		招兵	买	马

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhāobīngmǎimǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄠㄅㄧㄥㄇㄞˇ ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ bing¹ maai⁵ maa⁵
Min Nan (POJ): chio-peng-mái-má

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhāobīngmǎimǎ [Phonetic: zhāobīngmáimǎ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠㄅㄧㄥㄇㄞˇ ㄇㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhaobingmǎimǎ
  - Wade–Giles: chao¹-ping¹-mai³-ma³
  - Yale: jāu-bīng-mǎi-mǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaubingmaemaa
  - Palladius: чжаобинмайма (čžaobinmajma)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ piŋ⁵⁵ maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ziu¹ bing¹ maai⁵ maa⁵
  - Yale: jīu bīng máaih máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ bing¹ maai⁵ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ bing¹ mai⁵ ma⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ pɪŋ⁵⁵ maːi̯¹³ maː¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio-peng-mái-má
  - Tâi-lô: tsio-ping-mái-má
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioi'pengmaymar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕio⁴⁴⁻²² piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² mãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕio³³ piɪŋ³³ mãi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mã⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕio⁴⁴⁻²² piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² mãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕio⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ mãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ mãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mã⁴¹/

Idiom

招兵買馬

to raise or enlarge an army by recruiting soldiers and buying horses
to rally people or to enlarge an organization

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