撇步

Chinese

		(downwards-left curved character stroke); throw; cast away	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
simp. and trad. (撇步)		撇	步

Etymology

Originally Hokkien.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): piěbù

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄝˇ ㄅㄨˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiat-pō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: piěbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄝˇ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: piěbù
  - Wade–Giles: pʻieh³-pu⁴
  - Yale: pyě-bù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pieebuh
  - Palladius: пебу (pebu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiat-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: phiat-pōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiatpo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ pɔ³³/

Noun

撇步

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien; Taiwanese Mandarin) tip; secret; shortcut; good method
- 2015, “打拼一定贏”‎^[1]performed by 葉諾帆 [NoVa Yeh]:
  
  要成功，無啥好撇步，認真打拼一定贏。 [Hokkien, trad.]
  要成功，无啥好撇步，认真打拼一定赢。 [Hokkien, simp.]
  Beh sêng-kong, bô siáⁿ hó phiat-pō͘, jīn-chin phah-piàⁿ it-tēng iâⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  If you want to succeed, there is no shortcut; with earnestness and diligence, you will surely win.

Synonyms

主意
作法 (zuòfǎ)
做法 (zuòfǎ)
卯竅 / 卯窍 (mao³ qiao⁴) (Sichuanese)
套套 (tau³ tau^3-2) (Jin, colloquial)
對策 / 对策 (duìcè)
工具 (gōngjù) (figurative)
手段 (shǒuduàn)
措施 (cuòshī)
方式 (fāngshì)
方法 (fāngfǎ)
步拍 (Xiamen Hokkien)
步數 / 步数 (Hokkien)
法子 (colloquial)
法度 (Hokkien)
渠道 (qúdào)
竅門 / 窍门 (qiàomén)
竅門兒 / 窍门儿 (qiàoménr)
管道 (guǎndào) (figurative, especially of communication)
行法 (xíngfǎ) (literary)
訣竅 / 诀窍 (juéqiào) (secret method)
訣要 / 诀要 (juéyào)
路子 (lùzi)
路徑 / 路径 (lùjìng)
蹊徑 / 蹊径 (xījìng) (literary, figurative)
辦法 / 办法 (bànfǎ)
途徑 / 途径 (tújìng)
進路 / 进路 (jìnlù)
道理 (dàolǐ)
道術 / 道术 (dàoshù) (literary)
道道 (dau³ dau^3-2) (Jin)
門徑 / 门径 (ménjìng)
門路 / 门路 (ménlù)
門道 / 门道 (méndao)
門頭 / 门头 (méntóu) (literary, figurative)
頭路 / 头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

References

“撇步”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.