過河卒子

Chinese

		to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	river	low ranking soldier; foot soldier; private
trad. (過河卒子)		過	河	卒子
simp. (过河卒子)		过	河	卒子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guòhé zúzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄗㄨˊ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guòhé zúzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄗㄨˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guòhé zúzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kuo⁴-ho² tsu²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: gwò-hé dzú-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohher tzwu.tzy
    • Palladius: гохэ цзуцзы (goxɛ czuczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ t͡su³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/

Noun

過河卒子

1. (xiangqi, chess) pawn who has crossed to the other side of the river
2. (figurative) someone who can only move forward and no longer retreat

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 過河卒／过河卒