一個巴掌拍不響

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	(a measure word); individual	palm; slap on the face	to clap; to pat; to beat to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture)	not; no	to make a sound; to sound; to ring to make a sound; to sound; to ring; (a measure word for sound); loud
trad. (一個巴掌拍不響)		一	個	巴掌	拍	不	響
simp. (一个巴掌拍不响)		一	个	巴掌	拍	不	响
Literally: “one hand clapping does not make a sound”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yī gè bāzhang pāi bù xiǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄍㄜˋ ㄅㄚ ˙ㄓㄤ ㄆㄞ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ go³ baa¹ zoeng² paak³ bat¹ hoeng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yī gè bāzhang pāi bù xiǎng [Phonetic: yí gè bāzhang pāi bù xiǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄍㄜˋ ㄅㄚ ˙ㄓㄤ ㄆㄞ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yi gè bajhång pai bù siǎng
    • Wade–Giles: i¹ ko⁴ pa¹-chang⁵ pʻai¹ pu⁴ hsiang³
    • Yale: yī gè bā-jang pāi bù syǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i geh ba.jang pai bu sheang
    • Palladius: и гэ бачжан пай бу сян (i gɛ bačžan paj bu sjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ kɤ⁵¹ pä⁵⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ɑŋ² pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ go³ baa¹ zoeng² paak³ bat¹ hoeng²
    • Yale: yāt go bā jéung paak bāt héung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ go³ baa¹ dzoeng² paak⁸ bat⁷ hoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ go³ ba¹ zêng² pag³ bed¹ hêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ kɔː³³ paː⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵ pʰaːk̚³ pɐt̚⁵ hœːŋ³⁵/

Proverb

一個巴掌拍不響

1. it takes two to tango

Synonyms

• 蒼蠅不叮無縫的蛋／苍蝇不叮无缝的蛋 (cāngying bù dīng wú fèng de dàn)