不脛而走

Chinese

		not; no	lower part of leg	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave
trad. (不脛而走)		不	脛	而	走
simp. (不胫而走)		不	胫	而	走
Literally: “no lower leg but running”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùjìng'érzǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄦˊ ㄗㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ging³ ji⁴ zau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-kèng-lî-chó͘ / put-kèng-jî-cháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùjìng'érzǒu [Phonetic: bújìng'érzǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄦˊ ㄗㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjìng-érzǒu
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-ching⁴-êrh²-tsou³
    • Yale: bù-jìng-ér-dzǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujinqerltzoou
    • Palladius: буцзинъэрцзоу (buczinʺerczou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ging³ ji⁴ zau²
    • Yale: bāt ging yìh jáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ging³ ji⁴ dzau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ging³ yi⁴ zeo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kɪŋ³³ jiː²¹ t͡sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kèng-lî-chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: put-kìng-lî-tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putkeanglizor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ li²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kèng-jî-cháu
    • Tâi-lô: put-kìng-jî-tsáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putkeangjizao
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ zi²³⁻³³ t͡sau⁴¹/

Idiom

不脛而走

1. to get round fast; to spread like wildfire