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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phòng-piah / pōng-piah

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pong³ biah⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pèngbì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄥˋ ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pèngbì
    • Wade–Giles: pʻêng⁴-pi⁴
    • Yale: pèng-bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: penqbih
    • Palladius: пэнби (pɛnbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pung³ bik¹
    • Yale: pung bīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pung³ bik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: pung³ big¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰʊŋ³³ pɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (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: General 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.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pong³ biah⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phòng piah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰoŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ piaʔ²/

Verb

碰壁

1. to hit a wall; to bump against a wall
2. (figurative) to hit a wall; to run up against a snag; to encounter difficulties