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 ㄘㄤㄍㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ wan⁴ cong¹ gau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: báiyún cānggǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄩㄣˊ ㄘㄤㄍㄡˇ
  - 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): /pɑːk̚² wɐn²¹ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

白雲蒼狗

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

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