起步
Chinese
| to rise; to raise; to get up | a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (起步) | 起 | 步 | |
| simp. #(起步) | 起 | 步 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hei2 bou6
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): hi3 pu4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-pō͘
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: qǐbù
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cǐbù
- Wade–Giles: chʻi3-pu4
- Yale: chǐ-bù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiibuh
- Palladius: цибу (cibu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹/
- Homophones:
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起步
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hei2 bou6
- Yale: héi bouh
- Cantonese Pinyin: hei2 bou6
- Guangdong Romanization: héi2 bou6
- Sinological IPA (key): /hei̯³⁵ pou̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-pō͘
- Tâi-lô: khí-pōo
- Phofsit Daibuun: qy'po
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɔ²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pɔ⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɔ²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɔ³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pɔ³³/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
起步
- (literal) to set out
- (automotive) to set one's car in movement; to accelerate
- (figurative) to set in motion; to start a task or activity