不約而同

See also: 不约而同, and 一……就……

Chinese

		not; no	appointment; agreement; to arrange appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with
trad. (不約而同)		不	約	而	同
simp. (不约而同)		不	约	而	同

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùyuē'értóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄝ ㄦˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ joek³ ji⁴ tung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-iok-jî-tông / put-iok-lî-tông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùyuē'értóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄝ ㄦˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùyue-értóng
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-yüeh¹-êrh²-tʻung²
    • Yale: bù-ywē-ér-túng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buiueerltorng
    • Palladius: буюээртун (bujueertun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ɥɛ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ joek³ ji⁴ tung⁴
    • Yale: bāt yeuk yìh tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ joek⁸ ji⁴ tung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yêg³ yi⁴ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jœːk̚³ jiː²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-iok-jî-tông
    • Tâi-lô: put-iok-jî-tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: put'iokji'doong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ zi²³⁻³³ tɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-iok-lî-tông
    • Tâi-lô: put-iok-lî-tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: put'iokli'doong
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔŋ²⁴/

Idiom

不約而同

1. to happen to coincide; to take the same view or action without previous consultation

   老師一走進教師，同學們就不約而同安靜下來。 [MSC, trad.]
   老师一走进教师，同学们就不约而同安静下来。 [MSC, simp.]

   Lǎoshī yī zǒujìn jiàoshī, tóngxué men jiù bùyuē'értóng ānjìng xiàlái. [Pinyin]

   As soon as the teacher entered the classroom, the students coincidentally all quieted down at once.

2. (neologism, slang, humorous) to become gay or lesbian after a long period without dating