相持不下

相持不下

Chinese

		to be locked in a stalemate	to be not less than; to not be inferior to
simp. and trad. (相持不下)		相持	不下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngchíbùxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄔˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ ci⁴ bat¹ haa⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): sio-tî-put-hā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiāngchíbùxià [Phonetic: xiāngchíbúxià]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄔˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangchybushiah
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangchíhbùsià
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕjä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ ci⁴ bat¹ haa⁶
    • Yale: sēung chìh bāt hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ tsi⁴ bat⁷ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ qi⁴ bed¹ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ häː²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-tî-put-hā
    • Tâi-lô: sio-tî-put-hā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioi'di'putha
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕio⁴⁴⁻²² ti²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ ha²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕio³³ ti²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ ha⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕio⁴⁴⁻²² ti¹³⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ ha²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕio⁴⁴⁻³³ ti²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ ha³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ ti²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ ha³³/

Idiom

相持不下

1. to be locked in a stalemate; neither side is winning or yielding in a standoff