步人後塵

Chinese

		a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process	man; person; people	dust kicked up by somebody walking in front; someone's footsteps
trad. (步人後塵)		步	人	後塵
simp. (步人后尘)		步	人	后尘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùrénhòuchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ jan⁴ hau⁶ can⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùrénhòuchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùrénhòuchén
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-jên²-hou⁴-chʻên²
    • Yale: bù-rén-hòu-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhrenhowchern
    • Palladius: бужэньхоучэнь (bužɛnʹxoučɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou⁶ jan⁴ hau⁶ can⁴
    • Yale: bouh yàhn hauh chàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ jan⁴ hau⁶ tsan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ yen⁴ heo⁶ cen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² jɐn²¹ hɐu̯²² t͡sʰɐn²¹/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 步人後塵

1. to follow in somebody's footsteps