一腳踏兩船

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yī jiǎo tà liǎng chuán

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ goek³ daap⁶ loeng⁵ syun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yī jiǎo tà liǎng chuán [Phonetic: yì jiǎo tà liǎng chuán]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yi jiǎo tà liǎng chuán
  - Wade–Giles: i¹ chiao³ tʻa⁴ liang³ chʻuan²
  - Yale: yī jyǎu tà lyǎng chwán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i jeau tah leang chwan
  - Palladius: и цзяо та лян чуань (i czjao ta ljan čuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰä⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ goek³ daap⁶ loeng⁵ syun⁴
  - Yale: yāt geuk daahp léuhng syùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ goek⁸ daap⁹ loeng⁵ syn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ gêg³ dab⁶ lêng⁵ xun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ kœːk̚³ taːp̚² lœːŋ¹³ ʃyːn²¹/

Idiom

一腳踏兩船

to have two dates at the same time; to two-time
- 先是因為一些小事而被公司解僱，接着好不容易在便利店找到份 part-time，結果竟然因為被投訴成日找錯錢，老闆一氣之下把他辭退，最後連同居了五年的女朋友亦因為一腳踏兩船而分手！ [Cantonese, trad.]
  先是因为一些小事而被公司解雇，接着好不容易在便利店找到份 part-time，结果竟然因为被投诉成日找错钱，老板一气之下把他辞退，最后连同居了五年的女朋友亦因为一脚踏两船而分手！ [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 2016, 超媒體編輯組, 香港盂蘭夜話, page 75
  sin¹ si⁶ jan¹ wai⁶ jat¹ se¹ siu² si⁶ ji⁴ bei⁶ gung¹ si¹ gaai² gu³, zip³ zoek⁶ hou² bat¹ jung⁴ ji⁶ zoi⁶ bin⁶ lei⁶ dim³ zaau² dou³ fan⁶ paat¹ taai¹, git³ gwo² ging² jin⁴ jan¹ wai⁶ bei⁶ tau⁴ sou³ seng⁴ jat⁶ zaau² co³ cin^4-2, lou⁵ baan² jat¹ hei³ zi¹ haa⁶ baa² taa¹ ci⁴ teoi³, zeoi³ hau⁶ lin⁴ tung⁴ geoi¹ liu⁵ ng⁵ nin⁴ dik¹ neoi⁵ pang⁴ jau⁵ jik⁶ jan¹ wai⁶ jat¹ goek³ daap⁶ loeng⁵ syun⁴ ji⁴ fan¹ sau²! [Jyutping]
  First, he was fired by his company for something trivial. Then, after finding a part-time job with much difficulty, because someone complained that he kept giving back the wrong change, his boss fired him in a fury. In the end, he even broke up with his girlfriend who was living together with him for five years because of two-timing!

Synonyms

腳踏兩條船／脚踏两条船 (jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán)

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