不虞

Chinese

		not; no	forewarned; peace; worry
trad. (不虞)		不	虞
simp. #(不虞)		不	虞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùyú
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-yü²
    • Yale: bù-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyu
    • Palladius: буюй (bujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ jyu⁴
    • Yale: bāt yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹/

Noun

不虞

1. (formal) possibility; eventuality; contingency

Adjective

不虞

1. (formal) unexpected

Verb

不虞

1. (formal) to not anticipate
2. (formal) to not worry about

Synonyms

• (not anticipate): (formal) 不料 (bùliào), (formal) 不意 (bùyì), (Min Nan) 無拍算／无拍算

Derived terms

• 不虞之譽／不虞之誉 (bùyúzhīyù)
• 不虞之隙
• 不虞匱乏／不虞匮乏
• 高枕不虞

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (不虞):

• → Japanese: 不虞(ふぐ) (fugu)
• → Korean: 불우(不虞) (buru)
• → Vietnamese: bất ngu (不虞)