相持不下

Chinese

		to be locked in a stalemate	to be not less than; to not be inferior to
trad. (相持不下)		相持	不下
simp. ^#(相持不下)		相持	不下

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāngchíbùxià

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄔˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ ci⁴ bat¹ haa⁶
Min Nan (POJ): sio-tî-put-hā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngchíbùxià [Phonetic: xiāngchíbúxià]
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄔˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siangchíhbùsià
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-chʻih²-pu⁴-hsia⁴
  - Yale: syāng-chŕ-bù-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangchyrbushiah
  - Palladius: сянчибуся (sjančibusja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵⁻⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹ ci⁴ bat¹ haa⁶
  - Yale: sēung chìh bāt hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ tsi⁴ bat⁷ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ qi⁴ bed¹ ha⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ haː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-tî-put-hā
  - Tâi-lô: sio-tî-put-hā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioi'di'putha
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕio⁴⁴⁻²² ti²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ ha²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕio³³ ti²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ ha⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕio⁴⁴⁻²² ti¹³⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ ha²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕio⁴⁴⁻³³ ti²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ ha³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ ti²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ ha³³/

Idiom

相持不下

to be locked in a stalemate; neither side is winning or yielding in a standoff

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