冷不防

Chinese

		cold	to not guard against; to be not vigilant; to not expect to not guard against; to be not vigilant; to not expect; to not anticipate
trad. (冷不防)		冷	不防
simp. #(冷不防)		冷	不防

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěngbùfáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěngbùfáng → lěngbufáng (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄤˊ → ㄌㄥˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄈㄤˊ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěngbůfáng
    • Wade–Giles: lêng³-pu⁵-fang²
    • Yale: lěng-bu-fáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leengbufarng
    • Palladius: лэнбуфан (lɛnbufan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵/ → /lɤŋ²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ fɑŋ³⁵/

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 冷不防

1. unexpectedly; suddenly