心照不宣

Chinese

		to understand tacitly
simp. and trad. (心照不宣)		心照	不宣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnzhàobùxuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄓㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ ziu³ bat¹ syun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnzhàobùxuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄓㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinjhàobùsyuan
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-chao⁴-pu⁴-hsüan¹
    • Yale: syīn-jàu-bù-sywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinjawbushiuan
    • Palladius: синьчжаобусюань (sinʹčžaobusjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ ziu³ bat¹ syun¹
    • Yale: sām jiu bāt syūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ dziu³ bat⁷ syn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ jiu³ bed¹ xun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ syːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

心照不宣

1. to understand something but not voice it; to have a tacit understanding