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

1. 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])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɡẽ̞ɰ̃ɸɯ̟ᵝɡo̞]

Noun

不(ふ)言(げん)不(ふ)語(ご) • (fugen fugo) 

1. silence, saying nothing