一腳踏兩船
Chinese
one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
role; foot; base | step on | both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael |
a boat; vessel; ship | ||
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trad. (一腳踏兩船) | 一 | 腳 | 踏 | 兩 | 船 | |
simp. (一脚踏两船) | 一 | 脚 | 踏 | 两 | 船 | |
Literally: “one foot stepping on two boats”. |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jat1 goek3 daap6 loeng5 syun4
- Yale: yāt geuk daahp léuhng syùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jat7 goek8 daap9 loeng5 syn4
- Guangdong Romanization: yed1 gêg3 dab6 lêng5 xun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐt̚⁵ kœːk̚³ taːp̚² lœːŋ¹³ syːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 一腳踏兩船