站不住腳

Chinese

		station; to stand; to halt station; to stand; to halt; to stop	not; no	to live; to dwell; to reside to live; to dwell; to reside; to stop	role; foot; base
trad. (站不住腳)		站	不	住	腳
simp. (站不住脚)		站	不	住	脚

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhànbùzhùjiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaam⁶ bat¹ zyu⁶ goek³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhànbùzhùjiǎo [Phonetic: zhànbúzhùjiǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jannbu4juhjeau
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂa̠n⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zaam⁶ bat¹ zyu⁶ goek³
  - Yale: jaahm bāt jyuh geuk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaam⁶ bat⁷ dzy⁶ goek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: zam⁶ bed¹ ju⁶ gêg³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑːm²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡ɕyː²² kœːk̚³/

Idiom

站不住腳

to be ill-founded; to be groundless; to not have a leg to stand on; to be unable to hold water

你的論點簡直站不住腳。 [MSC, trad.]
你的论点简直站不住脚。 [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ de lùndiǎn jiǎnzhí zhànbùzhùjiǎo. [Pinyin]
Your argument does not hold water at all.

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