步步高升

Chinese

		step by step; at every step; gradually step by step; at every step; gradually; little by little; progressively	to get a promotion
trad. (步步高升/步步高陞/步步高昇)		步步	高升/高陞/高昇
simp. (步步高升)		步步	高升

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùbùgāoshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄠ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ bou⁶ gou¹ sing¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bou⁷ bou⁷ gao¹ sêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùbùgāoshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄠ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùbùgaosheng
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-pu⁴-kao¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: bù-bù-gāu-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhbuhgausheng
    • Palladius: бубугаошэн (bubugaošɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou⁶ bou⁶ gou¹ sing¹
    • Yale: bouh bouh gōu sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ bou⁶ gou¹ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ bou⁶ gou¹ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² pou̯²² kou̯⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bou⁷ bou⁷ gao¹ sêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pōu pōu kau seng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou¹¹ pou¹¹ kau³³⁻²³ seŋ³³/

Idiom

步步高升

1. to advance step by step (especially in a career)

See also

• 步步高 (bùbùgāo)