節節敗退

Chinese

		one after another; step by step; little by little one after another; step by step; little by little; successively; steadily	to retreat in defeat
trad. (節節敗退)		節節	敗退
simp. (节节败退)		节节	败退

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiéjiébàituì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄞˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ zit³ baai⁶ teoi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiat-chiat-pāi-thè / chiat-chiat-pāi-thòe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiéjiébàituì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄞˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiéjiébàituèi
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-chieh²-pai⁴-tʻui⁴
    • Yale: jyé-jyé-bài-twèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyejyebaytuey
    • Palladius: цзецзебайтуй (czeczebajtuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi³ zit³ baai⁶ teoi³
    • Yale: ji jit baaih teui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ dzit⁸ baai⁶ toey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³ jid³ bai⁶ têu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ t͡siːt̚³ paːi̯²² tʰɵy̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-chiat-pāi-thè
    • Tâi-lô: tsiat-tsiat-pāi-thè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciatciatpaixtex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ pai³³⁻²¹ tʰe²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ pai³³⁻¹¹ tʰe¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-chiat-pāi-thòe
    • Tâi-lô: tsiat-tsiat-pāi-thuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciatciatpaixtoex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ pai³³⁻²¹ tʰue²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ pai³³⁻¹¹ tʰue¹¹/

Idiom

節節敗退

1. (of an army) to lose battles one after another and retreat in defeat
2. (figuratively) to lose (competitions) successively