原地踏步
Chinese
| same place; former place; original place | to march in place; to mark time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (原地踏步) | 原地 | 踏步 | |
| simp. #(原地踏步) | 原地 | 踏步 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yuándìtàbù
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yuándìtàbù
- Wade–Giles: yüan2-ti4-tʻa4-pu4
- Yale: ywán-dì-tà-bù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuandihtahbuh
- Palladius: юаньдитабу (juanʹditabu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jyun4 dei6 daap6 bou6
- Yale: yùhn deih daahp bouh
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyn4 dei6 daap9 bou6
- Guangdong Romanization: yun4 déi6 dab6 bou6
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyːn²¹ tei̯²² taːp̚² pou̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
原地踏步
- (figurative) to make no progress; to be treading water