止步

Chinese

		to stop; prohibit; till	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
simp. and trad. (止步)		止	步

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² bou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-pò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhbù
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-pu⁴
    • Yale: jř-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyybuh
    • Palladius: чжибу (čžibu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² bou⁶
    • Yale: jí bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ pou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-pò͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-pòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cy'pox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɔ²¹/

Verb

止步

1. (originally literary, now chiefly as a command) to halt; to stop; to go no further

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