居高不下

Chinese

		reside	high; tall	not; no	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
simp. and trad. (居高不下)		居	高	不	下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jūgāobùxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ ㄍㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi¹ gou¹ bat¹ haa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jūgāobùxià [Phonetic: jūgāobúxià]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ ㄍㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyugaobùsià
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹-kao¹-pu⁴-hsia⁴
    • Yale: jyū-gāu-bù-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiugaubushiah
    • Palladius: цзюйгаобуся (czjujgaobusja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi¹ gou¹ bat¹ haa⁶
    • Yale: gēui gōu bāt hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey¹ gou¹ bat⁷ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu¹ gou¹ bed¹ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ haː²²/

Idiom

居高不下

1. to stay high (and not decrease); to remain high