出其不意

Chinese

		to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	not; no	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (出其不意)		出	其	不	意

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūqíbùyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ kei⁴ bat¹ ji³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūqíbùyì [Phonetic: chūqíbúyì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chucíbùyì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-chʻi²-pu⁴-i⁴
    • Yale: chū-chí-bù-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuchyibuyih
    • Palladius: чуцибуи (čucibui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceot¹ kei⁴ bat¹ ji³
    • Yale: chēut kèih bāt yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ kei⁴ bat⁷ ji³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ kéi⁴ bed¹ yi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ kʰei̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jiː³³/

Idiom

出其不意

1. to take somebody by surprise; to catch somebody unawares

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 拍無疑／拍无疑