踏破鐵鞋

Chinese

		step on	to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	iron	shoe
trad. (踏破鐵鞋)		踏	破	鐵	鞋
simp. (踏破铁鞋)		踏	破	铁	鞋
Literally: “to wear out iron shoes”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàpòtiěxié

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚˋ ㄆㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daap⁶ po³ tit³ haai⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ta̍h-phòa-thih-ê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàpòtiěxié
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ ㄆㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàpòtiěsié
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa⁴-pʻo⁴-tʻieh³-hsieh²
    • Yale: tà-pwò-tyě-syé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tahpohtieeshye
    • Palladius: тапотесе (tapotese)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daap⁶ po³ tit³ haai⁴
    • Yale: daahp po tit hàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daap⁹ po³ tit⁸ haai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dab⁶ po³ tid³ hai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːp̚² pʰɔː³³ tʰiːt̚³ haːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ta̍h-phòa-thih-ê
    • Tâi-lô: ta̍h-phuà-thih-ê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daqphoartih'ee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ta(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pʰua²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ e²³/

Idiom

踏破鐵鞋

1. to search high and low

Derived terms

• 踏破鐵鞋無覓處／踏破铁鞋无觅处 (tàpò tiěxié wú mìchù)