失足

Chinese

		to lose; to miss; to fail	foot; to be sufficient
simp. and trad. (失足)		失	足
Literally: “to lose one's footing”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shīzú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄗㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ zuk¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳt-chiuk

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīzú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihzú
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-tsu²
    • Yale: shr̄-dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shytzwu
    • Palladius: шицзу (šiczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ zuk¹
    • Yale: sāt jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳt-chiuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: siid^ˋ jiug^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁵ jiug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚² t͡si̯uk̚²/

Verb

失足

1. to lose one's footing; to slip; to misstep
2. to take a wrong step in life; (of a youngster) to commit a crime; (of a woman) to prostitute oneself

Synonyms

• (to lose one's footing): 踩空 (cǎikōng), 踏空 (tàkōng); (Hokkien) 脫跤／脱跤, 著脫／着脱, 踏差; (Wu) 脫腳／脱脚

Derived terms

• 一失足成千古恨 (yī shīzú chéng qiāngǔ hèn)