不比不知道，一比嚇一跳

Chinese

		to be unable to compare with; to be unequal to; to be inferior to	not; no	to know; to be aware of; to understand		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio	to be startled; to be taken aback; to be scared out of one's skin
trad. (不比不知道，一比嚇一跳)		不比	不	知道	，	一	比	嚇一跳
simp. (不比不知道，一比吓一跳)		不比	不	知道	，	一	比	吓一跳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùbǐbùzhīdào, yībǐxiàyītiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄉㄠˋ , ㄧ ㄅㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧ ㄊㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ bei² bat¹ zi¹ dou⁶, jat¹ bei² haak³ jat¹ tiu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùbǐbùzhīdào, yībǐxiàyītiào [Phonetic: bùbǐbùzhīdào, yìbǐxiàyítiào]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄉㄠˋ , ㄧ ㄅㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧ ㄊㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùbǐbùjhihdào, yibǐsiàyitiào
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-pi³-pu⁴-chih¹-tao⁴, i¹-pi³-hsia⁴-i¹-tʻiao⁴
    • Yale: bù-bǐ-bù-jr̄-dàu-, yī-bǐ-syà-yī-tyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bubiibujydaw, ibiishiahitiaw
    • Palladius: бубибучжидао, ибисяитяо (bubibučžidao, ibisjaitjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ bei² bat¹ zi¹ dou⁶, jat¹ bei² haak³ jat¹ tiu³
    • Yale: bāt béi bāt jī douh, yāt béi haak yāt tiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ bei² bat⁷ dzi¹ dou⁶, jat⁷ bei² haak⁸ jat⁷ tiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ béi² bed¹ ji¹ dou⁶, yed¹ béi² hag³ yed¹ tiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ pei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ tou̯²² jɐt̚⁵ pei̯³⁵ haːk̚³ jɐt̚⁵ tʰiːu̯³³/

Idiom

不比不知道，一比嚇一跳

1. Without comparisons one is ignorant, but once one does, one gets a shock.