不言自明

Chinese

		not; no	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad. (不言自明)		不	言	自	明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùyánzìmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄗˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ jin⁴ zi⁶ ming⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùyánzìmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄗˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùyánzìhmíng
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-yen²-tzŭ⁴-ming²
    • Yale: bù-yán-dz̀-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyantzyhming
    • Palladius: буяньцзымин (bujanʹczymin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ jin⁴ zi⁶ ming⁴
    • Yale: bāt yìhn jih mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jin⁴ dzi⁶ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yin⁴ ji⁶ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹ t͡siː²² mɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

不言自明

1. to be self-evident; to go without saying

Synonyms

• 不待說／不待说 (bùdàishuō)
• 不消說／不消说 (bùxiāoshuō)
• 不用說／不用说 (bùyòngshuō)
• 不言而喻 (bùyán'éryù)
• 沒說的／没说的 (méishuōde)
• 自不待言 (zìbùdàiyán)