後步

See also: 后步

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
trad. (後步)		後	步
simp. (后步)		后	步

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòubù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ bou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ǎu-pō͘ / āu-pō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòubù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòubù
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-pu⁴
    • Yale: hòu-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howbuh
    • Palladius: хоубу (xoubu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ bou⁶
    • Yale: hauh bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² pou̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 後步／后步 後部／后部

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǎu-pō͘
    • Tâi-lô: ǎu-pōo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /au²² pɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-pō͘
    • Tâi-lô: āu-pōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: auxpo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /au³³⁻²¹ pɔ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /au²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /au³³⁻¹¹ pɔ³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 後步

1. escape route; route of retreat; way out
2. leeway; room (for negotiation, to maneuver, etc.); latitude; margin; space
3. alternative course of action

Synonyms

• (escape route): 後路／后路 (hòulù)
• (leeway): (literary) 地步 (dìbù), 後路／后路 (hòulù), 退步 (tuìbù), 退路 (tuìlù), 餘地／余地 (yúdì)
• (escape route): 後路／后路 (hòulù)