攻其不備
Chinese
| to attack; to accuse; to study | his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it) |
not; no | to prepare; get ready; to provide or equip | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (攻其不備) | 攻 | 其 | 不 | 備 | |
| simp. (攻其不备) | 攻 | 其 | 不 | 备 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: gōngqíbùbèi [Phonetic: gōngqíbúbèi]
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gongcíbùbèi
- Wade–Giles: kung1-chʻi2-pu4-pei4
- Yale: gūng-chí-bù-bèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongchyibubey
- Palladius: гунцибубэй (guncibubɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gung1 kei4 bat1 bei6
- Yale: gūng kèih bāt beih
- Cantonese Pinyin: gung1 kei4 bat7 bei6
- Guangdong Romanization: gung1 kéi4 bed1 béi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ pei̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-kî-put-pǐ
- Tâi-lô: kong-kî-put-pǐ
- IPA (Longyan): /koŋ³³⁴ ki¹¹ put̚⁵ pi⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
Idiom
攻其不備
- to attack when the enemy is unprepared
Derived terms
References
- 郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “攻其不备”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 486.