不脛而走

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

• Min Nan (POJ): put-kèng-jî-cháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bùjìng'érzǒu [Phonetic: bújìng'érzǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄦˊ ㄗㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujinqerltzoou
    • IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kèng-jî-cháu
    • Tâi-lô: put-kìng-jî-tsáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putkeangjizao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ d͡ʑi²⁴⁻²² t͡saʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ d͡ʑi²⁴⁻²² t͡saʊ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ d͡ʑi¹³⁻²² t͡saʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ d͡ʑi²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡saʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ʑi²³⁻³³ t͡saʊ⁴¹/

Idiom

不脛而走

1. to get round fast; to spread like wildfire