步履維艱

See also: 步履维艰

Chinese

		step; pace; gait step; pace; gait; to walk	to preserve; to maintain; to hold together to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension	difficult; hard; hardship
trad. (步履維艱)		步履	維	艱
simp. (步履维艰)		步履	维	艰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùlǚwéijiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄩˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ lei⁵ wai⁴ gaan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùlǚwéijiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄩˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùlyǔwéijian
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-lü³-wei²-chien¹
    • Yale: bù-lyǔ-wéi-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhleuweijian
    • Palladius: булюйвэйцзянь (buljujvɛjczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou⁶ lei⁵ wai⁴ gaan¹
    • Yale: bouh léih wàih gāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ lei⁵ wai⁴ gaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ léi⁵ wei⁴ gan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² lei̯¹³ wɐi̯²¹ kaːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

步履維艱

1. to walk with great difficulty; to have difficulty walking