落臺階

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	step; level
trad. (落臺階)		落	臺階
simp. (落台阶)		落	台阶

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ toi⁴ gaai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ toi⁴ gaai¹
    • Yale: lohk tòih gāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ toi⁴ gaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ toi⁴ gai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² tʰɔːi̯²¹ kaːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

落臺階

1. (Cantonese) chance to not lose face

Synonyms

• 下臺階／下台阶 (xià táijiē)