白衣蒼狗

Chinese

		white clothes; white robe, dress or coat; fameless person white clothes; white robe, dress or coat; fameless person; commoner	dark blue; fly; musca dark blue; fly; musca; deep green	dog
trad. (白衣蒼狗)		白衣	蒼	狗
simp. (白衣苍狗)		白衣	苍	狗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báiyī-cānggǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄧ ㄘㄤ ㄍㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ ji¹ cong¹ gau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báiyī-cānggǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄧ ㄘㄤ ㄍㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báiyicanggǒu
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-i¹-tsʻang¹-kou³
    • Yale: bái-yī-tsāng-gǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairitsanggoou
    • Palladius: байицангоу (bajicangou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ ji¹ cong¹ gau²
    • Yale: baahk yī chōng gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ ji¹ tsong¹ gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ yi¹ cong¹ geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² jiː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

白衣蒼狗

1. freakishness; changeable and strange; changes in human affairs often take freakish forms

Synonyms

• 白雲蒼狗／白云苍狗 (báiyún-cānggǒu)