冷馬

Chinese

		cold	horse; surname
trad. (冷馬)		冷	馬
simp. (冷马)		冷	马

Etymology

airconditioned bus: By analogy with 熱狗 / 热狗 (jit⁶ gau², “unairconditioned bus”, literally “hot dog”).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): laang⁵ maa⁵

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: laang⁵ maa⁵
  - Yale: láahng máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laang⁵ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lang⁵ ma⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːŋ¹³ maː¹³/

Noun

冷馬

(Hong Kong Cantonese) dark horse (racehorse or person with unexpected capabilities)
(Hong Kong Cantonese, humorous) airconditioned bus
Antonym: 熱狗 / 热狗 (jit⁶ gau²) (Cantonese)

Synonyms

(dark horse):
- 黑馬／黑马 (hēimǎ)
- 爆冷 (bàolěng), 爆冷門／爆冷门 (bào lěngmén)
- (Min Nan) 烏馬／乌马