一蹶不振

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	stumble; trample; to kick (as a horse)	depressed; in low spirits
trad. (一蹶不振)		一	蹶	不振
simp. ^#(一蹶不振)		一	蹶	不振

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yījuébùzhèn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ kyut³ bat¹ zan³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-koat-put-chín

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yījuébùzhèn [Phonetic: yìjuébúzhèn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yijyuébùjhèn
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-chüeh²-pu⁴-chên⁴
  - Yale: yī-jywé-bù-jèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijyuebujenn
  - Palladius: ицзюэбучжэнь (iczjuebučžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ kyut³ bat¹ zan³
  - Yale: yāt kyut bāt jan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ kyt⁸ bat⁷ dzan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ küd³ bed¹ zen³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ kʰyːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɐn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-koat-put-chín
  - Tâi-lô: it-kuat-put-tsín
  - Phofsit Daibuun: itkoatputcien
  - IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ kuat̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕin⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ kuat̚⁵⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡ɕin⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ kuat̚³²⁻⁵ put̚³²⁻⁵ t͡ɕin⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ kuat̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕin⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ kuat̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕin⁴¹/

Idiom

一蹶不振

one tumbles and unable to speak at all
(figurative) the subject flipped over after wobbling

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