墊腳石

Chinese

			rock; stone; 10 pecks
trad. (墊腳石)		墊腳	石
simp. (垫脚石)		垫脚	石

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diànjiǎoshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din³ goek³ sek⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiām-kha-chio̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diànjiǎoshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diànjiǎoshíh
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴-chiao³-shih²
    • Yale: dyàn-jyǎu-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannjeaushyr
    • Palladius: дяньцзяоши (djanʹczjaoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: din³ goek³ sek⁶
    • Yale: din geuk sehk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din³ goek⁸ sek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: din³ gêg³ ség⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn³³ kœːk̚³ sɛːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiām-kha-chio̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tiām-kha-tsio̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diaxmqacioih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiam²²⁻²¹ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sioʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiam⁴¹⁻²² kʰa³³ t͡sioʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiam²²⁻²¹ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sioʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiam³³⁻¹¹ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sioʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiam³³⁻²¹ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɤʔ⁴/

Noun

墊腳石

1. stepping stone (stone used to cross or mount something)
2. (figurative) stepping stone; person or thing used to advance one's career