立足點

Chinese

		to gain a foothold in; to establish oneself in; to base oneself upon to gain a foothold in; to establish oneself in; to base oneself upon; to give priority to	point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word)
trad. (立足點)		立足	點
simp. (立足点)		立足	点

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìzúdiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lap⁶ zuk¹ dim², laap⁶ zuk¹ dim²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): li̍p-chiok-tiám

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìzúdiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìzúdiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-tsu²-tien³
    • Yale: lì-dzú-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihtzwudean
    • Palladius: лицзудянь (liczudjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lap⁶ zuk¹ dim², laap⁶ zuk¹ dim²
    • Yale: lahp jūk dím, laahp jūk dím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lap⁹ dzuk⁷ dim², laap⁹ dzuk⁷ dim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: leb⁶ zug¹ dim², lab⁶ zug¹ dim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐp̚² t͡sʊk̚⁵ tiːm³⁵/, /laːp̚² t͡sʊk̚⁵ tiːm³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍p-chiok-tiám
    • Tâi-lô: li̍p-tsiok-tiám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: libciokdiarm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lip̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lip̚²⁴⁻² t͡siɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁵ tiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lip̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lip̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tiam⁴¹/

Noun

立足點

1. foothold; standpoint

   • 這些同志的立足點還是在小資產階級知識分子方面，或者換句文雅的話說，他們的靈魂深處還是一個小資產階級知識分子的王國。 [MSC, trad.]
     这些同志的立足点还是在小资产阶级知识分子方面，或者换句文雅的话说，他们的灵魂深处还是一个小资产阶级知识分子的王国。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zhèxiē tóngzhì de lìzúdiǎn háishì zài xiǎo zīchǎn jiējí zhīshi fènzǐ fāngmiàn, huòzhě huàn jù wényǎ de huà shuō, tāmen de línghún shēnchù hái shì yī gè xiǎo zīchǎn jiējí zhīshi fènzǐ de wángguó. [Pinyin]

     These comrades have their feet planted on the side of the petty-bourgeois intellectuals; or, to put it more elegantly, their innermost soul is still a kingdom of the petty-bourgeois intelligentsia.

Synonyms

• 立腳點／立脚点 (lìjiǎodiǎn)