風馬牛不相及

See also: 风马牛不相及

Chinese

		to attract to each other	horse; surname	ox; cow; bull	not; no
trad. (風馬牛不相及)		風	馬	牛	不	相及
simp. (风马牛不相及)		风	马	牛	不	相及
Literally: “a horse and a cattle cannot be attracted to each other when in heat”.

Etymology

A story from Zuozhuan.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēng mǎ niú bù xiāngjí

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥㄇㄚˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤㄐㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ maa⁵ ngau⁴ bat¹ soeng¹ kap⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fēng mǎ niú bù xiāngjí
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥㄇㄚˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤㄐㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feng maa niou bu shiangjyi
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fong mǎ nióu bù siangjí
  - IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ njoʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕjɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fung¹ maa⁵ ngau⁴ bat¹ soeng¹ kap⁶
  - Yale: fūng máh ngàuh bāt sēung kahp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ maa⁵ ngau⁴ bat⁷ soeng¹ kap⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ ma⁵ ngeo⁴ bed¹ sêng¹ keb⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ mäː¹³ ŋɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵ kʰɐp̚²/

Idiom

風馬牛不相及

(of words, objects) to have no relationship with each other whatsoever; to be totally irrelevant

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