慢步

Chinese

		slow	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
trad. (慢步)		慢	步
simp. #(慢步)		慢	步

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mànbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ bou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-pō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mànbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mànbù
    • Wade–Giles: man⁴-pu⁴
    • Yale: màn-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mannbuh
    • Palladius: маньбу (manʹbu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ bou⁶
    • Yale: maahn bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² pou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-pō͘
    • Tâi-lô: bān-pōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxnpo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² pɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ pɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ pɔ³³/

Noun

慢步

1. slow steps

   • 那師父緩促銀驄，孫大聖停雲慢步，豬悟能磨擔徐行。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     那师父缓促银骢，孙大圣停云慢步，猪悟能磨担徐行。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16^th century CE

     Nà shīfu huǎncù yíncōng, Sūn Dàshèng tíng yún mànbù, Zhū Wùnéng módàn xúxíng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 安步 (ānbù) (literary)
• 翔步 (xiángbù) (literary)

 

Antonyms

• 快步 (kuàibù)