白马

白馬

báimǎ

noun #17,550

Measure Word

一匹白马 pǐ

Meanings

1 white horse

Characters

Examples

白马王子骑着白马来了。

Báimǎ wángzǐ qí zhe báimǎ lái le.

Prince Charming came riding a white horse.

草原上有一匹白马。

Cǎoyuán shàng yǒu yī pǐ báimǎ.

There is a white horse on the grassland.

Tips

culture

白马王子 (báimǎ wángzǐ, "white horse prince") is the Chinese equivalent of "Prince Charming." The philosopher Gongsun Long's paradox 白马非马 ("a white horse is not a horse") is a famous exercise in Chinese logic.

Stroke Order

白 bái

马 mǎ