不謀而合

Chinese

		not; no	to plan; seek; scheme	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together
trad. (不謀而合)		不	謀	而	合
simp. (不谋而合)		不	谋	而	合
Literally: “did not plan, yet match”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùmóu'érhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄡˊ ㄦˊ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ mau⁴ ji⁴ hap⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-bô͘-jî-ha̍p / put-bô͘-lî-ha̍p

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùmóu'érhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄡˊ ㄦˊ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùmóu-érhé
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-mou²-êrh²-ho²
    • Yale: bù-móu-ér-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bumouerlher
    • Palladius: бумоуэрхэ (bumouerxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ moʊ̯³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ mau⁴ ji⁴ hap⁶
    • Yale: bāt màuh yìh hahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ mau⁴ ji⁴ hap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ meo⁴ yi⁴ heb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ mɐu̯²¹ jiː²¹ hɐp̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-bô͘-jî-ha̍p
    • Tâi-lô: put-bôo-jî-ha̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putboji'hap
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ bɔ²³⁻³³ zi²³⁻³³ hap̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-bô͘-lî-ha̍p
    • Tâi-lô: put-bôo-lî-ha̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putboli'hap
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ bɔ²⁴⁻²² li²⁴⁻²² hap̚⁴/

Idiom

不謀而合

1. to happen to hold the same views; to agree without previous collaboration