履冰

Chinese

		shoe; to tread on	ice
trad. (履冰)		履	冰
simp. #(履冰)		履	冰
Literally: “to tread on ice”.

Etymology

Short for 如履薄冰 (rúlǚbóbīng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǚbīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ ㄅㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ bing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǚbīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ ㄅㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyǔbing
    • Wade–Giles: lü³-ping¹
    • Yale: lyǔ-bīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leubing
    • Palladius: люйбин (ljujbin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁵ bing¹
    • Yale: léih bīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ bing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ bing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ pɪŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

履冰

1. (literary, figurative) to be extremely cautious in a dangerous situation

Derived terms

• 履冰狐
• 戴霜履冰
• 臨危履冰／临危履冰
• 臨深履冰／临深履冰