失足

Chinese

		to lose; to miss; to fail	foot; to be sufficient
simp. and trad. (失足)		失	足
Literally: “to lose one's footing”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shīzú

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄗㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ zuk¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳt-chiuk

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shīzú
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄗㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shihzú
  - Wade–Giles: shih¹-tsu²
  - Yale: shr̄-dzú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shytzwu
  - Palladius: шицзу (šiczu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡su³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sat¹ zuk¹
  - Yale: sāt jūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ dzuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ zug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳt-chiuk
  - Hakka Romanization System: siid` jiug`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁵ jiug⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚² t͡ɕi̯uk̚²/

Verb

失足

to lose one's footing; to slip
to take a wrong step in life; (of a youngster) to commit a crime; (of a woman) to prostitute oneself

Synonyms

(to lose one's footing): (Wu) 脫腳／脱脚

Derived terms

一失足成千古恨 (yī shīzú chéng qiāngǔ hèn)

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