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

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• 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

1. to hesitate to proceed