ဆိုင်းမဆင့်ဗုံမဆင့်

ဆိုင်း (hcuing:, “Burmese orchestra”) +‎ မ (ma., “not”) +‎ ဆင့် (hcang., “to summon”) +‎ ဗုံ (bum, “double-headed drum”) +‎ မ (ma., “not”) +‎ ဆင့် (hcang., “to summon”), literally “without summoning (either) the drum ensemble or double-headed drums”. In Burmese drama, characters are usually introduced with musical cues, thus to show up without musical cues is to show up unannounced and suddenly.

• Phonetic respelling: ဆိုင်းမ'ဆင့်ဗုံမ'ဆင့်
• IPA^(key): /sʰáɪɴməsʰɪ̰ɴbòʊɴməsʰɪ̰ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hcuing:ma.hcang.bumma.hcang. • ALA-LC: chuiṅʻʺmachaṅʻʹbuṃmachaṅʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: hsaing:măhsin.bonmăhsin. • Okell: hsaìñmăhsíñbouñmăhsíñ

ဆိုင်းမဆင့်ဗုံမဆင့် • (hcuing:ma.hcang.bumma.hcang.)

1. (figuratively) without prior notice, unexpectedly, out of the blue

• “ဆိုင်းမဆင့်ဗုံမဆင့်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.