撇步

Chinese

		(downwards-left curved character stroke); throw; cast away	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
simp. and trad. (撇步)		撇	步

Etymology

Originally Min Nan.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): piěbù

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄝˇ ㄅㄨˋ
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): phiat-pō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: piěbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄝˇ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: piěbù
  - Wade–Giles: pʻieh³-pu⁴
  - Yale: pyě-bù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pieebuh
  - Palladius: пебу (pebu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiat-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: phiat-pōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiatpo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ pɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ pɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ pɔ³³/

Noun

撇步

(Xiamen, Taiwanese Hokkien; Taiwanese Mandarin) tip; secret; shortcut; good method
- 要成功，無啥好撇步，認真打拼一定贏。 [Hokkien, trad.]
  要成功，无啥好撇步，认真打拼一定赢。 [Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2015, 葉諾帆 (NoVa Yeh), 打拼一定贏
  Beh sêng-kong, bô siáⁿ hó phiat-pō͘, jīn-chin phah-piàⁿ it-tēng iâⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  If you want to succeed, there is no shortcut; with earnestness and diligence, you will surely win.

References

“Entry #13640”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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