按兵不動

See also: 按兵不动

Chinese

		to stand down one's army	not; no	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (按兵不動)		按兵	不	動
simp. (按兵不动)		按兵	不	动

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ànbīng-bùdòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on³ bing¹ bat¹ dung⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): àn-peng-put-tōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ànbīng-bùdòng [Phonetic: ànbīng-búdòng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ànbingbùdòng
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴-ping¹-pu⁴-tung⁴
    • Yale: àn-bīng-bù-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annbingbudonq
    • Palladius: аньбинбудун (anʹbinbudun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹ piŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: on³ bing¹ bat¹ dung⁶
    • Yale: on bīng bāt duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on³ bing¹ bat⁷ dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: on³ bing¹ bed¹ dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn³³ pɪŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àn-peng-put-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: àn-ping-put-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: arnpengputdong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /an²¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /an⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piɪŋ³³ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /an²¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ tɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /an¹¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /an²¹⁻⁴¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ³³/

Idiom

按兵不動

1. to temporarily stand down one's army in order to wait and see how things develop