按兵不動

See also: 按兵不动

Chinese

		to stand down one's army	not; no	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (按兵不動)		按兵	不	動
simp. (按兵不动)		按兵	不	动

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ànbīng-bùdòng

(Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄥㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): on³ bing¹ bat¹ dung⁶
Min Nan (POJ): àn-peng-put-tōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ànbīng-bùdòng [Phonetic: ànbīng-búdòng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄥㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annbingbudonq
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀa̠n⁵¹ piŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: on³ bing¹ bat¹ dung⁶
  - Yale: on bīng bāt duhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: on³ bing¹ bat⁷ dung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: on³ bing¹ bed¹ dung⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /ɔːn³³ pɪŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tʊŋ²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àn-peng-put-tōng
  - Tâi-lô: àn-ping-put-tōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: arnpengputdong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /an²¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /an⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piɪŋ³³ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /an²¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ tɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /an¹¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /an²¹⁻⁴¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ³³/

Idiom

按兵不動

to temporarily stand down one's army in order to wait and see how things develop

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