心照不宣

Chinese

		to understand tacitly
simp. and trad. (心照不宣)		心照	不宣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīnzhàobùxuān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄓㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄩㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ ziu³ bat¹ syun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīnzhàobùxuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄓㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄩㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinjawbushiuan
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sam¹ ziu³ bat¹ syun¹
  - Yale: sām jiu bāt syūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ dziu³ bat⁷ syn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ jiu³ bed¹ xun¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ ʃyːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

心照不宣

A tacit understanding or verbal agreement.

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