百步穿楊

Chinese

		hundred	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process	to bore through; pierce; perforate to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread	surname; poplar
trad. (百步穿楊)		百	步	穿	楊
simp. (百步穿杨)		百	步	穿	杨
Literally: “to shoot an arrow through a willow leaf at a hundred paces; to split a willow wand at a hundred paces”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎibù chuānyáng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄢㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ bou⁶ cyun¹ joeng⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bǎibù chuānyáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄢㄧㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baebuh chuanyang
  - IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯a̠n⁵⁵ i̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak³ bou⁶ cyun¹ joeng⁴
  - Yale: baak bouh chyūn yèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ bou⁶ tsyn¹ joeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag³ bou⁶ qun¹ yêng⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑːk̚³ pou̯²² t͡ɕʰyːn⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

百步穿楊

to shoot with great precision

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