故步自封

Chinese

		happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process	from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	to confer; to grant; to seal to confer; to grant; to seal; (a measure word)
simp. and trad. (故步自封)		故	步	自	封

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gùbùzìfēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗˋ ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu³ bou⁶ zi⁶ fung¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gu⁷ bou⁷ ze⁶ hong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gùbùzìfēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗˋ ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gùbùzìhfong
    • Wade–Giles: ku⁴-pu⁴-tzŭ⁴-fêng¹
    • Yale: gù-bù-dz̀-fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhbuhtzyhfeng
    • Palladius: губуцзыфэн (gubuczyfɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu³ bou⁶ zi⁶ fung¹
    • Yale: gu bouh jih fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu³ bou⁶ dzi⁶ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu³ bou⁶ ji⁶ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³³ pou̯²² t͡siː²² fʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gu⁷ bou⁷ ze⁶ hong¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kū pōu tsṳ̆ hong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku¹¹ pou¹¹ t͡sɯ³⁵⁻¹¹ hoŋ³³/

Idiom

故步自封

1. to be stuck in the old ways, without the desire to improve oneself