無獨有偶
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]not have | alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only |
to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be |
accidental; image; pair accidental; image; pair; mate | ||
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trad. (無獨有偶) | 無 | 獨 | 有 | 偶 | |
simp. (无独有偶) | 无 | 独 | 有 | 偶 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄉㄨˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wúdúyǒu-ǒu
- Wade–Giles: wu2-tu2-yu3-ou3
- Yale: wú-dú-yǒu-ǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wudwuyeouoou
- Palladius: удуюоу (udujuou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u³⁵ tu³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mou4 duk6 jau5 ngau5
- Yale: mòuh duhk yáuh ngáuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: mou4 duk9 jau5 ngau5
- Guangdong Romanization: mou4 dug6 yeo5 ngeo5
- Sinological IPA (key): /mou̯²¹ tʊk̚² jɐu̯¹³ ŋɐu̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]無獨有偶
- to coincidentally have a parallel; to happen to have a similar counterpart