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
(Standard)
(Pinyin): mǎhòupào

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄡˋ ㄆㄠˋ

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): mǎhōupāo
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ hau⁶ paau³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǎhòupào
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄡˋ ㄆㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǎhòupào
  - Wade–Giles: ma³-hou⁴-pʻao⁴
  - Yale: mǎ-hòu-pàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maahowpaw
  - Palladius: махоупао (maxoupao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǎhòupàor
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄡˋ ㄆㄠˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǎhòupàor
  - Wade–Giles: ma³-hou⁴-pʻao⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: mǎ-hòu-pàur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maahowpawl
  - Palladius: махоупаор (maxoupaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: mǎhōupāo
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): ma³ hou⁴ pao⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma¹¹ xəɯ⁴⁴ pʰɔ⁴⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa⁵ hau⁶ paau³
  - Yale: máh hauh paau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ hau⁶ paau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ heo⁶ pao³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ hɐu̯²² pʰaːu̯³³/

Noun

馬後炮

(xiangqi) “cannon shot behind horse”, a position in which one's general is checkmated by the opponent's horse and cannon
(idiomatic, figurative) belated effort or action; twenty-twenty hindsight

Derived terms

放馬後炮 / 放马后炮