出其不意，攻其不備

出其不意，攻其不備

Chinese

		to take somebody by surprise; to catch somebody unawares		to attack when the enemy is unprepared
trad. (出其不意，攻其不備)		出其不意	，	攻其不備
simp. (出其不意，攻其不备)		出其不意	，	攻其不备

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chū qí bù yì, gōng qí bù bèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ, ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ kei⁴ bat¹ ji³, gung¹ kei⁴ bat¹ bei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chū qí bù yì, gōng qí bù bèi [Phonetic: chū qí bú yì, gōng qí bú bèi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ, ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chu chyi bu yih, gong chyi bu bey
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceot¹ kei⁴ bat¹ ji³, gung¹ kei⁴ bat¹ bei⁶
    • Yale: chēut kèih bāt yi, gūng kèih bāt beih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ kei⁴ bat⁷ ji³, gung¹ kei⁴ bat⁷ bei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ kéi⁴ bed¹ yi³, gung¹ kéi⁴ bed¹ béi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰɵt̚⁵ kʰei̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jiː³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ pei̯²²/

Idiom

出其不意，攻其不備

1. Synonym of 攻其無備，出其不意／攻其无备，出其不意 (gōng qí wú bèi, chū qí bù yì, “to catch somebody unprepared; to take somebody by surprise”).