節節敗退

Chinese

		one after another; step by step; little by little one after another; step by step; little by little; successively; steadily	to retreat in defeat
trad. (節節敗退)		節節	敗退
simp. (节节败退)		节节	败退

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiéjiébàituì

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄞˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ zit³ baai⁶ teoi³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiat-chiat-pāi-thè / chiat-chiat-pāi-thòe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiéjiébàituì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄞˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiéjiébàituèi
  - Wade–Giles: chieh²-chieh²-pai⁴-tʻui⁴
  - Yale: jyé-jyé-bài-twèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyejyebaytuey
  - Palladius: цзецзебайтуй (czeczebajtuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi³ zit³ baai⁶ teoi³
  - Yale: ji jit baaih teui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ dzit⁸ baai⁶ toey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji³ jid³ bai⁶ têu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ t͡siːt̚³ paːi̯²² tʰɵy̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-chiat-pāi-thè
  - Tâi-lô: tsiat-tsiat-pāi-thè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciatciatpaixtex
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ pai³³⁻¹¹ tʰe¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ pai³³⁻²¹ tʰe²¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-chiat-pāi-thòe
  - Tâi-lô: tsiat-tsiat-pāi-thuè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciatciatpaixtoex
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ pai³³⁻²¹ tʰue²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ pai³³⁻¹¹ tʰue¹¹/

Idiom

節節敗退

(of an army) to lose battles one after another and retreat in defeat
(figuratively) to lose (competitions) successively

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