無師自通

Chinese

		not have	a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model	from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
trad. (無師自通)		無	師	自	通
simp. (无师自通)		无	师	自	通

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúshīzìtōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄕ ㄗˋ ㄊㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ si¹ zi⁶ tung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúshīzìtōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄕ ㄗˋ ㄊㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúshihzìhtong
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-shih¹-tzŭ⁴-tʻung¹
    • Yale: wú-shr̄-dz̀-tūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wushytzyhtong
    • Palladius: ушицзытун (ušiczytun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ si¹ zi⁶ tung¹
    • Yale: mòuh sī jih tūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ si¹ dzi⁶ tung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ xi¹ ji⁶ tung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ siː⁵⁵ t͡siː²² tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

無師自通

1. to be self-taught; to have learnt something without having been taught by a teacher