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): ㄈㄟㄌㄩˊ ㄈㄟㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ leoi⁴ fei¹ maa⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēilǘfēimǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟㄌㄩˊ ㄈㄟㄇㄚˇ
  - 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

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

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