讓步

See also: 让步 and 譲歩

Chinese

		to ask; to let; permit to ask; to let; permit; have (someone do something); to yield; to allow	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
trad. (讓步)		讓	步
simp. (让步)		让	步

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ràngbù

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄤˋ ㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁶ bou⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): niū-pō͘ / niō͘-pō͘ / jiōng-pō͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): riang⁶ bou⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ràngbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄤˋ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ràngbù
  - Wade–Giles: jang⁴-pu⁴
  - Yale: ràng-bù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ranqbuh
  - Palladius: жанбу (žanbu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joeng⁶ bou⁶
  - Yale: yeuhng bouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁶ bou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁶ bou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²² pou̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niū-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: niū-pōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: niuxpo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /niũ²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /niũ³³⁻¹¹ pɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /niũ³³⁻²¹ pɔ³³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /niu²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /niũ⁴¹⁻²² pɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niō͘-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: niōo-pōo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /niɔ̃²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Singapore): /niɔ²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Tainan): /niɔ̃³³⁻¹¹ pɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiōng-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: jiōng-pōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jioxngpo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziɔŋ³³⁻²¹ pɔ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: riang⁶ bou⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jiăng pōu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡ziaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ pou¹¹/

Verb

讓步

to relent; to give in; to yield; to compromise; to concede; to make a concession
迫使對方讓步／迫使对方让步 ― pòshǐ duìfāng ràngbù ― to force the other party to give in

他絲毫不肯讓步。 [MSC, trad.]
他丝毫不肯让步。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā sīháo bùkěn ràngbù. [Pinyin]
He won't make the slightest concession.

Synonyms

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促就 (Hokkien)
妥協 / 妥协 (tuǒxié)
放讓 / 放让 (Xiang)
退步 (tuìbù)
退讓 / 退让 (tuìràng)
遷就 / 迁就 (qiānjiù)

Korean

Hanja in this term
讓	步

Noun

讓步 • (yangbo) (hangeul 양보)

hanja form^? of 양보 (“yielding to someone”)