白雲蒼狗

白雲蒼狗

Chinese

		white cloud; Baiyun District	dark blue; fly; musca dark blue; fly; musca; deep green	dog
trad. (白雲蒼狗)		白雲	蒼	狗
simp. (白云苍狗)		白云	苍	狗
Literally: “white clouds are so changeable in shape that they look now like white garments and now like grey hounds”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báiyún cānggǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄩㄣˊ ㄘㄤ ㄍㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ wan⁴ cong¹ gau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: báiyún cānggǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄩㄣˊ ㄘㄤ ㄍㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairyun tsanggoou
    • IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ yn³⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ wan⁴ cong¹ gau²
    • Yale: baahk wàhn chōng gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ wan⁴ tsong¹ gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ wen⁴ cong¹ geo²
    • IPA ^(key): /päːk̚² wɐn²¹ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

白雲蒼狗

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