步履維艱

See also: 步履维艰

Chinese

		step; pace; gait step; pace; gait; to walk	to preserve; to maintain; to hold together to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension	difficult; hard; hardship
trad. (步履維艱)		步履	維	艱
simp. (步履维艰)		步履	维	艰

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùlǚwéijiān

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄩˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ lei⁵ wai⁴ gaan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùlǚwéijiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄩˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùlyǔwéijian
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-lü³-wei²-chien¹
  - Yale: bù-lyǔ-wéi-jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhleuweijian
  - Palladius: булюйвэйцзянь (buljujvɛjczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou⁶ lei⁵ wai⁴ gaan¹
  - Yale: bouh léih wàih gāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ lei⁵ wai⁴ gaan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ léi⁵ wei⁴ gan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² lei̯¹³ wɐi̯²¹ kaːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

步履維艱

to walk with great difficulty; to have difficulty walking

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