不聲不響

Chinese

		not; no	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise	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. (不聲不響)		不	聲	不	響
simp. (不声不响)		不	声	不	响

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùshēngbùxiǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sing¹ bat¹ hoeng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùshēngbùxiǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùshengbùsiǎng
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-shêng¹-pu⁴-hsiang³
    • Yale: bù-shēng-bù-syǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushengbusheang
    • Palladius: бушэнбусян (bušɛnbusjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ sing¹ bat¹ hoeng²
    • Yale: bāt sīng bāt héung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sing¹ bat⁷ hoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xing¹ bed¹ hêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hœːŋ³⁵/

Idiom

不聲不響

1. quiet; silent; without speaking; taciturn