抱不平

Chinese

		to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug or embrace to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug or embrace; surround; cherish	uneven; not smooth; rough uneven; not smooth; rough; unfair; unjust
simp. and trad. (抱不平)		抱	不平

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bào bùpíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁵ bat¹ ping⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phǎu-put-pêng / phāu-put-pêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bào bùpíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bào bùpíng
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴ pu⁴-pʻing²
    • Yale: bàu bù-píng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baw bupyng
    • Palladius: бао бупин (bao bupin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ pʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou⁵ bat¹ ping⁴
    • Yale: póuh bāt pìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁵ bat⁷ ping⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou⁵ bed¹ ping⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯¹³ pɐt̚⁵ pʰɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phǎu-put-pêng
    • Tâi-lô: phǎu-put-pîng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰau²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ piɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phāu-put-pêng
    • Tâi-lô: phāu-put-pîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phauxputpeeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰau³³⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ piɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰau³³⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ piɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰau²²⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ piɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰau²²⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁵ piɪŋ¹³/

Verb

抱不平

1. to feel outrage by an injustice done to another person