步調

Chinese

		a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process	harmonize; reconcile; blend harmonize; reconcile; blend; suit well; provoke; incite; mode (music); to move (troops); tune; tone; melody; to transfer
trad. (步調)		步	調
simp. (步调)		步	调

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùdiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ diu⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pō͘-tiāu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bou⁷ diao⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùdiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùdiào
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tiao⁴
    • Yale: bù-dyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhdiaw
    • Palladius: будяо (budjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùdiàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùdiàor
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tiao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: bù-dyàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhdiawl
    • Palladius: будяор (budjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti̯aʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou⁶ diu⁶
    • Yale: bouh diuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ diu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ diu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² tiːu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-tiāu
    • Tâi-lô: pōo-tiāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poxdiau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ tiau²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁴¹⁻²² tiau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ tiau²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ³³⁻¹¹ tiau³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ³³⁻²¹ tiau³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bou⁷ diao⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pōu tiāu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou¹¹ tiau¹¹/

Noun

步調

1. (literally) step (advance or movement made from one foot to the other); pace
2. (figuratively) pace (rate at which something happens or develops); step

Synonyms

• (step; pace): 步伐 (bùfá)