拍馬屁

See also: 拍马屁

Chinese

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It is said that nomads in northern China would pat a horse's buttocks to approve of the horse for its health.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pāi mǎpì
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄞㄇㄚˇ ㄆㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pai mǎpì
  - Wade–Giles: pʻai¹ ma³-pʻi⁴
  - Yale: pāi mǎ-pì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pai maapih
  - Palladius: пай мапи (paj mapi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: paak³ maa⁵ pei³
  - Yale: paak máh pei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paak⁸ maa⁵ pei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: pag³ ma⁵ péi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːk̚³ maː¹³ pʰei̯³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: pah⁶ ma³ pi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaʔ⁵ ma²¹³⁻²¹ pʰi¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: pai¹ ma² pi³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /pʰxai¹¹ ma⁵³ pʰxi⁴⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: páh-mā-pé
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaʔ²⁴⁻²¹ ma³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(pʰ-)βɛi²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wugniu: ⁷phaq ⁶mo-phi; ⁷phaq-mo-phi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation: ⁴phaq ³mo-phi; ⁴phaq-mo-phi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaʔ⁴⁴ mo²² pʰi⁴⁴/, /pʰaʔ³³ mo⁵⁵ pʰi²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: pe⁶ ma³ pi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɤ̞²⁴ ma̠⁴¹ pʰi⁴⁵/

拍⫽馬屁 (verb-object)

(idiomatic, colloquial, intransitive) to brownnose; to kiss someone's ass; to suck up to

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