舉步維艱

Chinese

		to stride forward	to preserve; to maintain; to hold together to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension	difficult; hard; hardship
trad. (舉步維艱)		舉步	維	艱
simp. (举步维艰)		举步	维	艰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǔbùwéijiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi² bou⁶ wai⁴ gaan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǔbùwéijiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyǔbùwéijian
    • Wade–Giles: chü³-pu⁴-wei²-chien¹
    • Yale: jyǔ-bù-wéi-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeubuhweijian
    • Palladius: цзюйбувэйцзянь (czjujbuvɛjczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi² bou⁶ wai⁴ gaan¹
    • Yale: géui bouh wàih gāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey² bou⁶ wai⁴ gaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu² bou⁶ wei⁴ gan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³⁵ pou̯²² wɐi̯²¹ kaːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

舉步維艱

1. difficult to move forward; difficult to make progress