下臺階

See also: 下台阶 and 下台階

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	step; level
trad. (下臺階/下台階)		下	臺階/台階
simp. (下台阶)		下	台阶
Literally: “to descend the stage”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xià táijiē

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ toi⁴ gaai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xià táijiē
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄝ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sià táijie
  - Wade–Giles: hsia⁴ tʻai²-chieh¹
  - Yale: syà tái-jyē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah tairjie
  - Palladius: ся тайцзе (sja tajcze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ toi⁴ gaai¹
  - Yale: hah tòih gāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ toi⁴ gaai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ toi⁴ gai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² tʰɔːi̯²¹ kaːi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

下⫽臺階 (verb-object)

(literally) to go off stage
(figurative) to get out of a predicament or an embarrassing situation

Synonyms

(to go off stage): 下臺／下台 (xiàtái), (Cantonese, Hokkien) 落臺／落台
(to get out of a predicament): 下臺／下台 (xiàtái), (Cantonese, Hokkien) 落臺／落台

Noun

下臺階

chance to not lose face
給他一個下臺階吧。 [MSC, trad.]
给他一个下台阶吧。 [MSC, simp.]
Gěi tā yīge xiàtáijiē ba. [Pinyin]
Give him an excuse to avoid him from embarrassing himself.

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 落臺階／落台阶

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