不言而喻

Chinese

		not; no	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	allegory
trad. (不言而喻)		不	言	而	喻
simp. #(不言而喻)		不	言	而	喻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùyán'éryù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄦˊ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ jin⁴ ji⁴ jyu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùyán'éryù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄦˊ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùyán-éryù
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-yen²-êrh²-yü⁴
    • Yale: bù-yán-ér-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyanerlyuh
    • Palladius: буяньэрюй (bujanʹerjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ jin⁴ ji⁴ jyu⁶
    • Yale: bāt yìhn yìh yuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jin⁴ ji⁴ jy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yin⁴ yi⁴ yu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹ jiː²¹ jyː²²/

Idiom

不言而喻

1. to go without saying; to be self-evident

Synonyms

• 不待說／不待说 (bùdàishuō)
• 不消說／不消说 (bùxiāoshuō)
• 不用說／不用说 (bùyòngshuō)
• 不言自明 (bùyánzìmíng)
• 沒說的／没说的 (méishuōde)
• 自不待言 (zìbùdàiyán)