馬後炮

Chinese

		horse; surname	back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	cannon; gun; firecracker
trad. (馬後炮/馬後砲)		馬	後	炮/砲
simp. (马后炮)		马	后	炮

Etymology

The name of a Chinese chess move; see the Wikipedia article for more.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎhòupào

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄡˋ ㄆㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ hau⁶ paau³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǎhòupào
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄡˋ ㄆㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maahowpaw
  - IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǎhòupàor
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄡˋ ㄆㄠˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maahowpaull
  - IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰaʊɻʷ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa⁵ hau⁶ paau³
  - Yale: máh hauh paau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ hau⁶ paau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ heo⁶ pao³
  - IPA ^(key): /mäː¹³ hɐu̯²² pʰäːu̯³³/

Noun

馬後炮

(Chinese chess) “cannon shot behind horse”, a position in which one's general is checkmated by the opponent's horse and cannon
(idiomatic, figuratively) belated effort or action; giving advice in hindsight

Derived terms

放馬後炮／放马后炮

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