一腳踏兩船

一腳踏兩船

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	role; foot; base	step on	both; two; ounce both; two; ounce; some; a few; tael	a boat; vessel; ship
trad. (一腳踏兩船)		一	腳	踏	兩	船
simp. (一脚踏两船)		一	脚	踏	两	船
Literally: “one foot stepping on two boats”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ goek³ daap⁶ loeng⁵ syun⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ goek³ daap⁶ loeng⁵ syun⁴
    • Yale: yāt geuk daahp léuhng syùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ goek⁸ daap⁹ loeng⁵ syn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ gêg³ dab⁶ lêng⁵ xun⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ kœ̽ːk̚³ täːp̚² lœ̽ːŋ¹³ ʃyːn²¹/

Idiom

一腳踏兩船

1. (Cantonese) to have two dates at the same time; to two-time

Synonyms

• 腳踏兩條船／脚踏两条船 (jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán)