寸步不離

See also: 寸步不离

Chinese

		tiny step; inch	not; no	to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from
trad. (寸步不離)		寸步	不	離
simp. (寸步不离)		寸步	不	离
Literally: “not parting even by a tiny step”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cùnbùbùlí

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun³ bou⁶ bat¹ lei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cùnbùbùlí
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cùnbùbùlí
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻun⁴-pu⁴-pu⁴-li²
    • Yale: tswùn-bù-bù-lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuennbuhbuli
    • Palladius: цуньбубули (cunʹbubuli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cyun³ bou⁶ bat¹ lei⁴
    • Yale: chyun bouh bāt lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn³ bou⁶ bat⁷ lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun³ bou⁶ bed¹ léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn³³ pou̯²² pɐt̚⁵ lei̯²¹/

Idiom

寸步不離

1. to tag; to follow closely