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

  (Pinyin): yuándìtàbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ dei⁶ daap⁶ bou⁶

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• 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/
• 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/

Idiom

原地踏步

1. (figurative) to make no progress; to be treading water