步調

Chinese

		a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process	harmonize; reconcile; blend harmonize; reconcile; blend; suit well; provoke; incite; mode (music); to move (troops); tune; tone; melody; to transfer
trad. (步調)		步	調
simp. (步调)		步	调

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùdiào

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ diu⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pō͘-tiāu

(Teochew, Peng'im): bou⁷ diao⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùdiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùdiào
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tiao⁴
  - Yale: bù-dyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhdiaw
  - Palladius: будяо (budjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùdiàor
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùdiàor
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tiao⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: bù-dyàur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhdiawl
  - Palladius: будяор (budjaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti̯aʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou⁶ diu⁶
  - Yale: bouh diuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ diu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ diu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² tiːu̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-tiāu
  - Tâi-lô: pōo-tiāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poxdiau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ tiau²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁴¹⁻²² tiau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ tiau²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pɔ³³⁻¹¹ tiau³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ³³⁻²¹ tiau³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bou⁷ diao⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pōu tiāu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou¹¹ tiau¹¹/

Noun

步調

(literally) step (advance or movement made from one foot to the other); pace
(figuratively) pace (rate at which something happens or develops); step

Synonyms

(step; pace): 步伐 (bùfá)