冷不防

Chinese

		cold	to not guard against; to be not vigilant; to not expect to not guard against; to be not vigilant; to not expect; to not anticipate
trad. (冷不防)		冷	不防
simp. #(冷不防)		冷	不防

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěngbùfáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laang⁵ bat¹ fong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěngbùfáng → lěngbufáng (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄤˊ → ㄌㄥˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄈㄤˊ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěngbůfáng
    • Wade–Giles: lêng³-pu⁵-fang²
    • Yale: lěng-bu-fáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leengbufarng
    • Palladius: лэнбуфан (lɛnbufan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵/ → /lɤŋ²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ fɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laang⁵ bat¹ fong⁴
    • Yale: láahng bāt fòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laang⁵ bat⁷ fong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lang⁵ bed¹ fong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːŋ¹³ pɐt̚⁵ fɔːŋ²¹/

Adverb

冷不防

1. unexpectedly; suddenly

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 突然 (“suddenly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		突然, 忽然, 猝然
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		突然, 忽然, 猛然, 驀地, 乍然, 倏忽, 驟然, 猝然, 突然間, 冷不防, 一下, 一下子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	忽然間, 冒猛地, 冒猛子, 冒冷子, 乍猛地, 乍乍地, 乍麼實兒, 虎拉巴兒, 一下兒, 一下子
	Taiwan	突然, 忽然, 突然間, 忽然間
	Singapore	突然, 忽然, 突然間, 忽然間
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	突乎其然
Cantonese	Guangzhou	突然, 突然間, 突然之間, 失驚無神, 失驚忘神
	Hong Kong	突然, 突然間, 突然之間, 忽然, 忽然間, 忽然之間, 失驚無神, 失雞無神, 一下
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	忽然間
	Taishan	突然之間
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	突然
Gan	Nanchang	突然
Hakka	Meixian	玄工, 玄玄風, 突然
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	突然間, 忽然間
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	突然間, 忽然間
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	突然間, 忽然間
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	突然間, 忽然間
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	突然間, 忽然間
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	突然
	Hong Kong	陣時間
	Senai (Huiyang)	陣間
Northern Min	Jian'ou	臨陣, 三不臨陣
Southern Min	Xiamen	突然, 忽然, 暴其然, 無張無持, 無張持
	Quanzhou	突然, 忽然, 無張無持, 無張持
	Zhangzhou	突然, 忽然, 暴其然, 無張無持, 無張持, 喝一下
	Tainan	突然間, 忽然間, 雄雄, 無張持
	Penang (Hokkien)	雄險
	Singapore (Hokkien)	突然間, 忽然間
	Manila (Hokkien)	忽然間
	Shantou	突然
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	突然
Wu	Shanghai	著生頭裡, 著陌生頭, 著陌生裡, 著末生頭, 辣陌生頭, 辣末生頭, 辣末生裡, 冷陌生頭, 突然之間, 突然, 忽聲能
	Wenzhou	單下