無獨有偶

Chinese

		not have	alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	accidental; image; pair accidental; image; pair; mate
trad. (無獨有偶)		無	獨	有	偶
simp. (无独有偶)		无	独	有	偶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúdú-yǒu'ǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄉㄨˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ duk⁶ jau⁵ ngau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúdú-yǒu'ǒu [Phonetic: wúdúyóuǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄉㄨˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúdúyǒu-ǒu
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-tu²-yu³-ou³
    • Yale: wú-dú-yǒu-ǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wudwuyeouoou
    • Palladius: удуюоу (udujuou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ tu³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ duk⁶ jau⁵ ngau⁵
    • Yale: mòuh duhk yáuh ngáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ duk⁹ jau⁵ ngau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ dug⁶ yeo⁵ ngeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ tʊk̚² jɐu̯¹³ ŋɐu̯¹³/

Idiom

無獨有偶

1. to coincidentally have a parallel; to happen to have a similar counterpart