不動聲色

See also: 不动声色

Chinese

		not; no	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	voice and countenance
trad. (不動聲色)		不	動	聲色
simp. (不动声色)		不	动	声色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùdòngshēngsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄥ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ dung⁶ sing¹ sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùdòngshēngsè [Phonetic: búdòngshēngsè]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄥ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùdòngshengsè
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tung⁴-shêng¹-sê⁴
    • Yale: bù-dùng-shēng-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: budonqshengseh
    • Palladius: будуншэнсэ (budunšɛnsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ dung⁶ sing¹ sik¹
    • Yale: bāt duhng sīng sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dung⁶ sing¹ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ dung⁶ xing¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tʊŋ²² sɪŋ⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/

Idiom

不動聲色

1. to maintain one's composure; to stay calm and collected; to not turn a hair; to not bat an eyelid; to not show or betray one's feelings or intentions

   • 一名男子偷窺女廁所　機智女子不動聲色報警擒色狼 [MSC, trad.]
     一名男子偷窥女厕所　机智女子不动声色报警擒色狼 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2005: 黄智义 (Huang Zhiyi), 一名男子偷窥女厕所 机智女子不动声色报警擒色狼 (news headline)

     yī míng nánzǐ tōukuī nǚcèsuǒ, jīzhì nǚzǐ bùdòngshēngsè bàojǐng qín sèláng [Pinyin]

     Man caught peeping into female bathroom; quick-thinking woman kept her cool and reported it to the police; sexual predator arrested

Synonyms

• 不露聲色／不露声色 (bùlùshēngsè)