踏踏實實

Chinese

		step on	step on	real; true; honest real; true; honest; really; solid	real; true; honest real; true; honest; really; solid
trad. (踏踏實實)		踏	踏	實	實
simp. (踏踏实实)		踏	踏	实	实
AABB-type reduplication of 踏實／踏实 (tāshi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tātāshíshí, tātāshīshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚ ㄊㄚ ㄕˊ ㄕˊ, ㄊㄚ ㄊㄚ ㄕ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daap⁶ daap⁶ sat⁶ sat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tātāshíshí → tātashíshí (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚ ㄊㄚ ㄕˊ ㄕˊ → ㄊㄚ ˙ㄊㄚ ㄕˊ ㄕˊ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tatåshíhshíh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa¹-tʻa⁵-shih²-shih²
    • Yale: tā-ta-shŕ-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ta.tashyrshyr
    • Palladius: таташиши (tatašiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵⁵ tʰä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/ → /tʰä⁵⁵ tʰä² ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tātāshīshī → tātashīshī (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚ ㄊㄚ ㄕ ㄕ → ㄊㄚ ˙ㄊㄚ ㄕ ㄕ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tatåshihshih
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa¹-tʻa⁵-shih¹-shih¹
    • Yale: tā-ta-shr̄-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ta.tashyshy
    • Palladius: таташиши (tatašiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵⁵ tʰä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/ → /tʰä⁵⁵ tʰä² ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daap⁶ daap⁶ sat⁶ sat⁶
    • Yale: daahp daahp saht saht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daap⁹ daap⁹ sat⁹ sat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dab⁶ dab⁶ sed⁶ sed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːp̚² taːp̚² sɐt̚² sɐt̚²/

Adverb

踏踏實實

1. Emphatic form of 踏實／踏实 (tāshi).

   今天晚上我總算可以踏踏實實睡個覺。 [MSC, trad.]
   今天晚上我总算可以踏踏实实睡个觉。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jīntiān wǎnshang wǒ zǒngsuàn kěyǐ tātāshíshí shuì ge jiào. [Pinyin]

   I can finally get a good night's sleep tonight.