裹足不前
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Chinese
| wrap around | foot; to be sufficient | not; no | front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (裹足不前) | 裹 | 足 | 不 | 前 | |
| simp. #(裹足不前) | 裹 | 足 | 不 | 前 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo2 zuk1 bat1 cin4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-chiok-put-chiân
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: guǒzúbùcián
- Wade–Giles: kuo3-tsu2-pu4-chʻien2
- Yale: gwǒ-dzú-bù-chyán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guootzwubuchyan
- Palladius: гоцзубуцянь (goczubucjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gwo2 zuk1 bat1 cin4
- Yale: gwó jūk bāt chìhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwo2 dzuk7 bat7 tsin4
- Guangdong Romanization: guo2 zug1 bed1 qin4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷɔː³⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-chiok-put-chiân
- Tâi-lô: kóo-tsiok-put-tsiân
- Phofsit Daibuun: kofciokputcieen
- IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡siɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁵ put̚³²⁻⁵ t͡siɛn¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɛn²³/
- (Hokkien)
Idiom
裹足不前