不言不語

See also: 不言不语

Chinese

		not; no	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	to remain silent; to say nothing
trad. (不言不語)		不	言	不語
simp. (不言不语)		不	言	不语

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùyánbùyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ jin⁴ bat¹ jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùyánbùyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùyánbùyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-yen²-pu⁴-yü³
  - Yale: bù-yán-bù-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyanbuyeu
  - Palladius: буяньбуюй (bujanʹbujuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ pu⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ jin⁴ bat¹ jyu⁵
  - Yale: bāt yìhn bāt yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jin⁴ bat⁷ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yin⁴ bed¹ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jyː¹³/

Idiom

不言不語

to not say a word; to keep silent

Synonyms

悶聲不響／闷声不响 (mēnshēngbùxiǎng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (不言不語):

→ Japanese: 不(ふ)言(げん)不(ふ)語(ご) (fugenfugo)
→ Korean: 불언불어(不言不語) (bureonbureo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	言	不	語
ふ Grade: 4	げん Grade: 2	ふ Grade: 4	ご Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふげんふご [fùgéńfúꜜgò] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ɡẽ̞ɰ̃ɸɯ̟ɡo̞]

Noun

不(ふ)言(げん)不(ふ)語(ご) • (fugen fugo)

silence, saying nothing

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN