八字步

Chinese

		the character 八	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
trad. (八字步)		八字	步
simp. #(八字步)		八字	步

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāzìbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ zi⁶ bou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pat-lī-pō͘ / pat-jī-pō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāzìbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bazìhbù
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-tzŭ⁴-pu⁴
    • Yale: bā-dz̀-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: batzyhbuh
    • Palladius: бацзыбу (baczybu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāzìbùr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ ㄅㄨˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bazìhbùr
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-tzŭ⁴-pu⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: bā-dz̀-bùr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: batzyhbull
    • Palladius: бацзыбур (baczybur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ puɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ zi⁶ bou⁶
    • Yale: baat jih bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ dzi⁶ bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ ji⁶ bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ t͡siː²² pou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat-lī-pō͘
    • Tâi-lô: pat-lī-pōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: patlixpo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ li²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat-jī-pō͘
    • Tâi-lô: pat-jī-pōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: patjixpo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pat̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zi²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²/

Noun

八字步

1. measured gait with the toes pointing out
   1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) refined, big, and slow steps with the toes pointing out (as of old-fashioned intellectuals)
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) splayfoot

Derived terms

• 九降腰，八字步