碰壁

Chinese

		to touch; to meet with; to bump	wall; rampart
simp. and trad. (碰壁)		碰	壁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pèngbì

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄥˋ ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pung³ bik¹
Min Nan (POJ): phòng-piah / pōng-piah

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: pèngbì
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄥˋ ㄅㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: penqbih
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pung³ bik¹
  - Yale: pung bīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pung³ bik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: pung³ big¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰʊŋ³³ pɪk̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phòng-piah
  - Tâi-lô: phòng-piah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phorngpiaq
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piaʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ piaʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōng-piah
  - Tâi-lô: pōng-piah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poxngpiaq
  - IPA (Taipei): /pɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ piaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔŋ³³⁻²¹ piaʔ³²/

Note: pōng-piah - 磅壁 is used in the Mainland.

Verb

碰壁

to hit a wall; to run up against a snag; to encounter difficulties

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