按部就班

Chinese

		to press (with the hand); to push; to control to press (with the hand); to push; to control; to restrain; to check; pressing down (brush movement in painting); according to; in the light of	ministry; department; section ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; (a measure word); (a measure word for works of literature, films, machines, etc.)	at once; then; right away at once; then; right away; only; (emphasis); to approach; to move towards; to undertake	team; class; rank team; class; rank; squad; a work shift; a measure word; surname
trad. (按部就班)		按	部	就	班
simp. #(按部就班)		按	部	就	班

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ànbùjiùbān

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄅㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on³ bou⁶ zau⁶ baan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): àn-pō͘-chiū-pan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ànbùjiùbān
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄅㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ànbùjiòuban
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴-pu⁴-chiu⁴-pan¹
    • Yale: àn-bù-jyòu-bān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annbuhjiowban
    • Palladius: аньбуцзюбань (anʹbuczjubanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ pän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: on³ bou⁶ zau⁶ baan¹
    • Yale: on bouh jauh bāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on³ bou⁶ dzau⁶ baan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: on³ bou⁶ zeo⁶ ban¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn³³ pou̯²² t͡sɐu̯²² paːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àn-pō͘-chiū-pan
    • Tâi-lô: àn-pōo-tsiū-pan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: arnpoxciuxpafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /an²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡siu²²⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /an⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pɔ⁴¹⁻²² t͡siu⁴¹⁻²² pan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /an²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡siu²²⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /an¹¹⁻⁵³ pɔ³³⁻¹¹ t͡siu³³⁻¹¹ pan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /an²¹⁻⁴¹ pɔ³³⁻²¹ t͡siu³³⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 按部就班

1. to do something in an orderly manner; to follow the prescribed order
2. (figurative) to keep to the conventional ways