五十步笑百步
Chinese
fifty; 50 | a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process |
laugh; smile | hundred | a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process | ||
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trad. (五十步笑百步) | 五十 | 步 | 笑 | 百 | 步 | |
simp. #(五十步笑百步) | 五十 | 步 | 笑 | 百 | 步 | |
alternative forms | 五十步笑一百步 | |||||
Literally: “[the one who has retreated] 50 steps laughs at [the one who has retreated] 100 steps”. |
Etymology
From a parable in Mencius.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄕˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄅㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wǔshíh bù siào bǎi bù
- Wade–Giles: wu3-shih2 pu4 hsiao4 pai3 pu4
- Yale: wǔ-shŕ bù syàu bǎi bù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuushyr buh shiaw bae buh
- Palladius: уши бу сяо бай бу (uši bu sjao baj bu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ng5 sap6 bou6 siu3 baak3 bou6
- Yale: ńgh sahp bouh siu baak bouh
- Cantonese Pinyin: ng5 sap9 bou6 siu3 baak8 bou6
- Guangdong Romanization: ng5 seb6 bou6 xiu3 bag3 bou6
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋ̍¹³ sɐp̚² pou̯²² siːu̯³³ paːk̚³ pou̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 五十步笑百步
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