壁壘

Chinese

		wall; rampart	rampart
trad. (壁壘)		壁	壘
simp. (壁垒)		壁	垒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìlěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ leoi⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): piah-lúi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): biah⁴ lui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìlěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìlěi
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-lei³
    • Yale: bì-lěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihleei
    • Palladius: билэй (bilɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bik¹ leoi⁵
    • Yale: bīk léuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ loey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: big¹ lêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ lɵy̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piah-lúi
    • Tâi-lô: piah-luí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piahluie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pia(ʔ)⁵ lui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ lui⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: biah⁴ lui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piah lúi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piaʔ²⁻⁴ lui⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

壁壘

1. (literary, military) barrier; rampart
2. (figurative) obstacle; barrier
3. (figurative) demarcation; line of demarcation; division
4. (figurative) diametrically opposed camps

Synonyms

• (obstacle):

• 壁障 (bìzhàng) (literal, figurative)
• 妨礙／妨碍 (fáng'ài)
• 攔路虎／拦路虎 (lánlùhǔ) (figurative)
• 故障 (gùzhàng) (figurative)
• 絆腳石／绊脚石 (bànjiǎoshí) (figurative)
• 蔽障 (bìzhàng) (literal, figurative)
• 釘子／钉子 (dīngzi) (figurative)
• 關卡／关卡 (guānqiǎ) (figurative)
• 障礙／障碍 (zhàng'ài)
• 障礙物／障碍物 (zhàng'àiwù) (literal, figurative)

 

Derived terms

• 壁壘分明／壁垒分明
• 壁壘森嚴／壁垒森严 (bìlěisēnyán)
• 關稅壁壘／关税壁垒