好巧不巧

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skilful; timely	at a bad time; as luck would have it; unfortunately at a bad time; as luck would have it; unfortunately; too bad
trad. (好巧不巧)		好	巧	不巧
simp. #(好巧不巧)		好	巧	不巧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎoqiǎobùqiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoqiǎobùqiǎo [Phonetic: háoqiǎobùqiǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎociǎobùciǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-chʻiao³-pu⁴-chʻiao³
    • Yale: hǎu-chyǎu-bù-chyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haocheaubucheau
    • Palladius: хаоцяобуцяо (xaocjaobucjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

好巧不巧

1. unfortunately; as luck would have it