彎道超車

Chinese

		bend	to overtake another vehicle
trad. (彎道超車)		彎道	超車
simp. (弯道超车)		弯道	超车

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wāndào chāochē

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢ ㄉㄠˋ ㄔㄠ ㄔㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan¹ dou⁶ ciu¹ ce¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wāndào chāochē
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢ ㄉㄠˋ ㄔㄠ ㄔㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wandào chaoche
    • Wade–Giles: wan¹-tao⁴ chʻao¹-chʻê¹
    • Yale: wān-dàu chāu-chē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uandaw chauche
    • Palladius: ваньдао чаочэ (vanʹdao čaočɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan¹ dou⁶ ciu¹ ce¹
    • Yale: wāan douh chīu chē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan¹ dou⁶ tsiu¹ tse¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan¹ dou⁶ qiu¹ cé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn⁵⁵ tou̯²² t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/

Verb

彎道超車

1. to overtake another car on a bend
2. (figurative) to take opportunity of shortcuts to make swift progress