站不住腳

Chinese

		station; to stand; to halt station; to stand; to halt; to stop	not; no	to live; to dwell; to reside to live; to dwell; to reside; to stop	role; foot; base
trad. (站不住腳)		站	不	住	腳
simp. (站不住脚)		站	不	住	脚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhànbùzhùjiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaam⁶ bat¹ zyu⁶ goek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhànbùzhùjiǎo [Phonetic: zhànbúzhùjiǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhànbùjhùjiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chan⁴-pu⁴-chu⁴-chiao³
    • Yale: jàn-bù-jù-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jannbujuhjeau
    • Palladius: чжаньбучжуцзяо (čžanʹbučžuczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaam⁶ bat¹ zyu⁶ goek³
    • Yale: jaahm bāt jyuh geuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaam⁶ bat⁷ dzy⁶ goek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zam⁶ bed¹ ju⁶ gêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːm²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡syː²² kœːk̚³/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 站不住腳

1. to be ill-founded; to be groundless; to not have a leg to stand on; to be unable to hold water

   你的論點簡直站不住腳。 [MSC, trad.]
   你的论点简直站不住脚。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ de lùndiǎn jiǎnzhí zhànbùzhùjiǎo. [Pinyin]

   Your argument does not hold water at all.