寸步

Chinese

		a unit of length	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
simp. and trad. (寸步)		寸	步

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cùnbù

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun³ bou⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhùn-pō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cùnbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cùnbù
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻun⁴-pu⁴
  - Yale: tswùn-bù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuennbuh
  - Palladius: цуньбу (cunʹbu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cyun³ bou⁶
  - Yale: chyun bouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn³ bou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: qun³ bou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn³³ pou̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhùn-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: tshùn-pōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuonpo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰun⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰun¹¹⁻⁵³ pɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁴¹ pɔ³³/

Noun

寸步

(literally, figuratively) tiny step; inch

Derived terms

寸步不離／寸步不离 (cùnbùbùlí)
寸步難移／寸步难移
寸步難行／寸步难行 (cùnbùnánxíng)

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