踏破鐵鞋

Chinese

		step on	to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	iron	shoe
trad. (踏破鐵鞋)		踏	破	鐵	鞋
simp. (踏破铁鞋)		踏	破	铁	鞋
Literally: “to wear out iron shoes”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàpò tiěxié

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚˋ ㄆㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daap⁶ po³ tit³ haai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàpò tiěxié
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ ㄆㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàpò tiěsié
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa⁴-pʻo⁴ tʻieh³-hsieh²
    • Yale: tà-pwò tyě-syé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tahpoh tieeshye
    • Palladius: тапо тесе (tapo tese)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daap⁶ po³ tit³ haai⁴
    • Yale: daahp po tit hàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daap⁹ po³ tit⁸ haai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dab⁶ po³ tid³ hai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːp̚² pʰɔː³³ tʰiːt̚³ haːi̯²¹/

Idiom

踏破鐵鞋

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Derived terms

• 踏破鐵鞋無覓處／踏破铁鞋无觅处 (tàpò tiěxié wú mìchù)