老馬
Chinese
old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
horse; surname | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (老馬) | 老 | 馬 | |
| simp. (老马) | 老 | 马 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Lǎo Mǎ [Phonetic: láomǎ]
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Lǎo Mǎ
- Wade–Giles: Lao3 Ma3
- Yale: Lǎu Mǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lao Maa
- Palladius: Лао Ма (Lao Ma)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proper noun
老馬
- (Malaysia) Mahathir Mohamad; Dr. M
- 2020 February 25, 任其, “老马的野望”, in Lianhe Zaobao[1], archived from the original on 27 August 2022:
- 2023 July 11, 邱汉明, “邱汉明：老马已病入膏肓，走火入魔”, in See Hua Daily News[2]:
- 敢說「多元種族違反憲法」論的，在老馬國陣一黨獨大的威權年代，肯定早已被警察以惡名昭彰的國家安全內政法令逮捕深蹲大牢。 [MSC, trad.]
- Gǎn shuō “duōyuán zhǒngzú wéifǎn xiànfǎ” lùn de, zài lǎomǎ guózhèn yī dǎng dúdà de wēiquán niándài, kěndìng zǎo yǐ bèi jǐngchá yǐ èmíngzhāozhāng de guójiā ānquán nèizhèng fǎlìng dàibǔ shēn dūn dàláo. [Pinyin]
- If it was during Dr. M's authoritarian one-party dominant BN administration, whoever claimed that "multi-racial [policy] violates the constitution" would have been thrown into jail for violation of the notorious Internal Security Act by the police.
敢说「多元种族违反宪法」论的，在老马国阵一党独大的威权年代，肯定早已被警察以恶名昭彰的国家安全内政法令逮捕深蹲大牢。 [MSC, simp.]
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:老馬.
- (Internet slang, endearing) Elon Musk
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 老 (lǎo), 馬 / 马 (mǎ).