獨步

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Chinese

		alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
trad. (獨步)		獨	步
simp. (独步)		独	步
Literally: “to walk alone”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dúbù

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ bou⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to̍k-pō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dúbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dúbù
  - Wade–Giles: tu²-pu⁴
  - Yale: dú-bù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwubuh
  - Palladius: дубу (dubu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ pu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: duk⁶ bou⁶
  - Yale: duhk bouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ bou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ bou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² pou̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: to̍k-pōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dogpo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚²⁴⁻² pɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² pɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² pɔ³³/

Verb

獨步

(literary, figurative) to be peerless

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