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

  (Pinyin): gōngqíbùbèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ kei⁴ bat¹ bei⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-kî-put-pǐ

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• 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/
• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-kî-put-pǐ
    • Tâi-lô: kong-kî-put-pǐ
    • IPA (Longyan): /koŋ³³⁴ ki¹¹ put̚⁵ pi⁵³/

Idiom

攻其不備

1. to attack when the enemy is unprepared

Derived terms

• 出其不意，攻其不備／出其不意，攻其不备 (chū qí bù yì, gōng qí bù bèi)

 

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.