打抱不平

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug or embrace to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug or embrace; surround; cherish	uneven; not smooth; rough uneven; not smooth; rough; unfair; unjust
simp. and trad. (打抱不平)		打	抱	不平

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎbàobùpíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄅㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² pou⁵ bat¹ ping⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): táⁿ-phō-put-pêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎbàobùpíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄅㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎbàobùpíng
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-pao⁴-pu⁴-pʻing²
    • Yale: dǎ-bàu-bù-píng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daabawbupyng
    • Palladius: дабаобупин (dabaobupin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ pʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² pou⁵ bat¹ ping⁴
    • Yale: dá póuh bāt pìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² pou⁵ bat⁷ ping⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² pou⁵ bed¹ ping⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ pʰou̯¹³ pɐt̚⁵ pʰɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: táⁿ-phō-put-pêng
    • Tâi-lô: tánn-phō-put-pîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvafphoixputpeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰo²²⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ piɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pʰo⁴¹⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ piɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰo²²⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁵ piɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰo³³⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ piɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰɤ³³⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ piɪŋ²³/

Idiom

打抱不平

1. to take up the cudgels for the injured party; to defend somebody against an injustice