特立獨行

Chinese

			to walk alone; to go one's own way; to stick to one's own way of doing things
trad. (特立獨行)		特立	獨行
simp. (特立独行)		特立	独行

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tèlìdúxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄉㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak⁶ lap⁶ duk⁶ hang⁴ / dak⁶ laap⁶ duk⁶ hang⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): te̍k-li̍p-to̍k-hêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tèlìdúxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄉㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tèlìdúsíng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻê⁴-li⁴-tu²-hsing²
    • Yale: tè-lì-dú-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tehlihdwushyng
    • Palladius: тэлидусин (tɛlidusin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ tu³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak⁶ lap⁶ duk⁶ hang⁴ / dak⁶ laap⁶ duk⁶ hang⁴
    • Yale: dahk lahp duhk hàhng / dahk laahp duhk hàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁹ lap⁹ duk⁹ hang⁴ / dak⁹ laap⁹ duk⁹ hang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg⁶ leb⁶ dug⁶ heng⁴ / deg⁶ lab⁶ dug⁶ heng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚² lɐp̚² tʊk̚² hɐŋ²¹/, /tɐk̚² laːp̚² tʊk̚² hɐŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te̍k-li̍p-to̍k-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: ti̍k-li̍p-to̍k-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: deglibdogheeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² lip̚⁴⁻³² tɔk̚⁴⁻³² hiɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² lip̚⁴⁻³² tɔk̚⁴⁻³² hiɪŋ²⁴/

Idiom

特立獨行

1. independent in mind and action; unconventional and strong-minded