踏步

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Chinese

		step on	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
simp. and trad. (踏步)		踏	步

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tàbù

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daap⁶ bou⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ta̍h-pō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tàbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tàbù
  - Wade–Giles: tʻa⁴-pu⁴
  - Yale: tà-bù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tahbuh
  - Palladius: табу (tabu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daap⁶ bou⁶
  - Yale: daahp bouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daap⁹ bou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dab⁶ bou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːp̚² pou̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ta̍h-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: ta̍h-pōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daqpo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ta(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ta(ʔ)²⁴⁻² pɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ta(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ta(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ pɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ta(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pɔ³³/

Verb

踏步

to march in place; to mark time

Derived terms

原地踏步 (yuándìtàbù)
大踏步 (dàtàbù)
踏步床

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