不進則退
Chinese
| not; no | advance; enter; to come in | (expresses contrast with a previous sentence or clause); standard; norm (expresses contrast with a previous sentence or clause); standard; norm; rule; to imitate; to follow; then; principle |
retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (不進則退) | 不 | 進 | 則 | 退 | |
| simp. (不进则退) | 不 | 进 | 则 | 退 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): bùjìnzétuì
- (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
- Cantonese
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bùjìnzétuì [Phonetic: bújìnzétuì]
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùjìnzétuèi
- Wade–Giles: pu4-chin4-tsê2-tʻui4
- Yale: bù-jìn-dzé-twèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujinntzertuey
- Palladius: буцзиньцзэтуй (buczinʹczɛtuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹ t͡sɤ³⁵ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 zeon3 zak1 teoi3
- Yale: bāt jeun jāk teui
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 dzoen3 dzak7 toey3
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 zên3 zeg1 têu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɵn³³ t͡sɐk̚⁵ tʰɵy̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: but2 din1 dak2 hui1
- Sinological IPA (key): /put̚⁵⁵ tin³³ tak̚⁵⁵ hui³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
不進則退
- Advance or be left behind.
Derived terms
- 學如逆水行舟，不進則退 / 学如逆水行舟，不进则退 (xué rú nìshuǐxíngzhōu, bùjìnzétuì)