一言不發

Chinese

		one sentence; something to say; brief remark	not; no	to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop
trad. (一言不發)		一言	不	發
simp. (一言不发)		一言	不	发

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīyánbùfā

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ jin⁴ bat¹ faat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīyánbùfā [Phonetic: yìyánbùfā]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiyánbùfa
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-yen²-pu⁴-fa¹
    • Yale: yī-yán-bù-fā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iyanbufa
    • Palladius: ияньбуфа (ijanʹbufa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ pu⁵¹ fä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ jin⁴ bat¹ faat³
    • Yale: yāt yìhn bāt faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ jin⁴ bat⁷ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ yin⁴ bed¹ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ faːt̚³/

Idiom

一言不發

1. to not say a word; to be silent

Synonyms

• 不哼不哈 (bùhēng-bùhā)