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地步

地步

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); -ly	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
simp. and trad. (地步)		地	步

Noun

地步

situation; plight

這事情怎麼會搞到這種地步？ [MSC, trad.]

这事情怎么会搞到这种地步？ [MSC, simp.]

Zhè shìqíng zěnme huì gǎo dào zhè zhǒng dìbù? [Pinyin]

How did this matter end up like this?
extent; result
leeway
location
position; status

Synonyms

田地 (tiándì)
境地 (jìngdì)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dìbù

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ bou⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thi-phu
Min Nan (POJ): tē-pō͘ / tōe-pō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dìbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihbuh
  - IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dei⁶ bou⁶
  - Yale: deih bouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ bou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² pou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-phu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ti pu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ pu⁴
  - IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ pʰu⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: tē-pōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dexpo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /te²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² pɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ pɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: tuē-pōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doexpo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tue²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tue⁴¹⁻²² pɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ pɔ³³/