寸步

Chinese

		a unit of length	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
simp. and trad. (寸步)		寸	步

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cùnbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun³ bou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhùn-pō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cùnbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cùnbù
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻun⁴-pu⁴
    • Yale: tswùn-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuennbuh
    • Palladius: цуньбу (cunʹbu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun³ bou⁶
    • Yale: chyun bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn³ bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun³ bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn³³ pou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhùn-pō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tshùn-pōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuonpo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰun⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰun¹¹⁻⁵³ pɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁴¹ pɔ³³/

Noun

寸步

1. (literally, figuratively) tiny step; inch

Derived terms

• 寸步不離 / 寸步不离 (cùnbùbùlí)
• 寸步難移 / 寸步难移
• 寸步難行 / 寸步难行 (cùnbùnánxíng)