獨步

Chinese

		alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
trad. (獨步)		獨	步
simp. (独步)		独	步
Literally: “to walk alone”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dúbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ bou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to̍k-pō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dúbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dúbù
    • Wade–Giles: tu²-pu⁴
    • Yale: dú-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwubuh
    • Palladius: дубу (dubu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk⁶ bou⁶
    • Yale: duhk bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² pou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-pō͘
    • Tâi-lô: to̍k-pōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dogpo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² pɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚²⁴⁻² pɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² pɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² pɔ³³/

Verb

獨步

1. (literary, figurative) to be peerless

Derived terms

• 千古獨步／千古独步
• 千載獨步／千载独步
• 奮身獨步／奋身独步
• 推群獨步／推群独步
• 江東獨步／江东独步
• 獨步一時／独步一时
• 獨步天下／独步天下 (dúbùtiānxià)
• 獨步當時／独步当时