撇步

Chinese

		(downwards-left curved character stroke); throw; cast away	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
simp. and trad. (撇步)		撇	步

Etymology

Originally Hokkien.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piěbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄝˇ ㄅㄨˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiat-pō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piěbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄝˇ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piěbù
    • Wade–Giles: pʻieh³-pu⁴
    • Yale: pyě-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pieebuh
    • Palladius: пебу (pebu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiat-pō͘
    • Tâi-lô: phiat-pōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiatpo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ pɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ pɔ³³/

Noun

撇步

1. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien; Taiwanese Mandarin) tip; secret; shortcut; good method

   • 要成功，無啥好撇步，認真打拼一定贏。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     要成功，无啥好撇步，认真打拼一定赢。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2015, 葉諾帆 (NoVa Yeh), 打拼一定贏

     Beh sêng-kong, bô siáⁿ hó phiat-pō͘, jīn-chin phah-piàⁿ it-tēng iâⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     If you want to succeed, there is no shortcut; with earnestness and diligence, you will surely win.

References

• “Entry #13640”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.