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): ㄔㄨㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ , ㄍㄨㄥㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ kei⁴ bat¹ ji³, gung¹ kei⁴ bat¹ bei⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chū qí bù yì, gōng qí bù bèi [Phonetic: chū qí bú yì, gōng qí bú bèi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ , ㄍㄨㄥㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chu cí bù yì, gong cí bù bèi
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu¹ chʻi² pu⁴ i⁴, kung¹ chʻi² pu⁴ pei⁴
  - Yale: chū chí bù yì-, gūng chí bù bèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chu chyi bu yih, gong chyi bu bey
  - Palladius: чу ци бу и, гун ци бу бэй (ču ci bu i, gun ci bu bɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵⁻⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵⁻⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - 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
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰɵt̚⁵ kʰei̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jiː³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ pei̯²²/

Idiom

出其不意，攻其不備

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”)

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