原地踏步

Chinese

		same place; former place; original place	to march in place
simp. and trad. (原地踏步)		原地	踏步

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuándìtàbù

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ dei⁶ daap⁶ bou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yuándìtàbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuandihtahbuh
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯ɛn³⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ dei⁶ daap⁶ bou⁶
  - Yale: yùhn deih daahp bouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ dei⁶ daap⁹ bou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ déi⁶ dab⁶ bou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ tei̯²² täːp̚² pou̯²²/

Idiom

原地踏步

(figuratively) to make no progress

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