裹足不前

Chinese

		wrap around	foot; to be sufficient	not; no	front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
trad. (裹足不前)		裹	足	不	前
simp. ^#(裹足不前)		裹	足	不	前

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǒzúbùqián

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo² zuk¹ bat¹ cin⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-chiok-put-chiân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guǒzúbùqián
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guǒzúbùcián
  - Wade–Giles: kuo³-tsu²-pu⁴-chʻien²
  - Yale: gwǒ-dzú-bù-chyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guootzwubuchyan
  - Palladius: гоцзубуцянь (goczubucjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwo² zuk¹ bat¹ cin⁴
  - Yale: gwó jūk bāt chìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwo² dzuk⁷ bat⁷ tsin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: guo² zug¹ bed¹ qin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-chiok-put-chiân
  - Tâi-lô: kóo-tsiok-put-tsiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofciokputcieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡siɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁵ put̚³²⁻⁵ t͡siɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɛn²³/

Idiom

裹足不前

to hesitate to proceed

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