一不小心

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	not; no	to be careful of something; to mind; to beware of
simp. and trad. (一不小心)		一	不	小心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yībùxiǎoxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ bat¹ siu² sam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yībùxiǎoxīn [Phonetic: yíbùxiǎoxīn] → yībuxiǎoxīn (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄣ → ㄧ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄣ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yibůsiǎosin
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-pu⁵-hsiao³-hsin¹
    • Yale: yī-bu-syǎu-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ibusheaushin
    • Palladius: ибусяосинь (ibusjaosinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/ → /i⁵⁵ b̥u² ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ bat¹ siu² sam¹
    • Yale: yāt bāt síu sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ bat⁷ siu² sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ bed¹ xiu² sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ siːu̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/

Adverb

一不小心

1. accidentally; carelessly; during a moment of inattention

   他一不小心被玻璃絲劃破了手。 [MSC, trad.]
   他一不小心被玻璃丝划破了手。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā yībùxiǎoxīn bèi bōlísī huápò le shǒu. [Pinyin]

   He accidentally cut his hand on the glass silk.

Verb

一不小心

1. to be careless; to have a moment of inattention

   路上坑坑窪窪的，騎車的人一不小心就有致命危險。 [MSC, trad.]
   路上坑坑洼洼的，骑车的人一不小心就有致命危险。 [MSC, simp.]

   Lùshàng kēngkēngwāwā de, qíchē de rén yībùxiǎoxīn jiù yǒu zhìmìng wēixiǎn. [Pinyin]

   Pot holes can be lethal for the unwary cyclist.

See also

• (Cantonese) 一唔小心 (jat1 m4 siu2 sam1)