腳踏兩條船

See also: 脚踏两条船

Chinese

		role; foot; base	step on	both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item; article	a boat; vessel; ship
trad. (腳踏兩條船)		腳	踏	兩	條	船
simp. (脚踏两条船)		脚	踏	两	条	船
Literally: “feet straddling two boats”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): goek³ daap⁶ loeng⁵ tiu⁴ syun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³ tʻa⁴ liang³ tʻiao² chʻuan²
    • Yale: jyǎu tà lyǎng tyáu chwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeau tah leang tyau chwan
    • Palladius: цзяо та лян тяо чуань (czjao ta ljan tjao čuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰä⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: goek³ daap⁶ loeng⁵ tiu⁴ syun⁴
    • Yale: geuk daahp léuhng tìuh syùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goek⁸ daap⁹ loeng⁵ tiu⁴ syn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêg³ dab⁶ lêng⁵ tiu⁴ xun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kœːk̚³ taːp̚² lœːŋ¹³ tʰiːu̯²¹ syːn²¹/

Idiom

腳踏兩條船

1. to have a foot in both camps
2. to have two dates at the same time, to two-time

Synonyms

• 腳踩兩隻船／脚踩两只船
• 腳踏兩隻船／脚踏两只船
• (to have two dates at the same time): (Cantonese) 一腳踏兩船／一脚踏两船 (yī jiǎo tà liǎng chuán)

See also

• Thai: เหยียบเรือสองแคม
• Korean: 양다리 (yangdari)
• Japanese: 二股