一不小心

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	not; no	to be careful of something; to mind; to take care to be careful of something; to mind; to take care; to be careful
simp. and trad. (一不小心)		一	不	小心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yībùxiǎoxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ bat¹ siu² sam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yībùxiǎoxīn [Phonetic: yíbùxiǎoxīn] → yībuxiǎoxīn (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄣ → ㄧ ˙ㄅㄨㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄣ (toneless variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi1bu5sheaushin
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕin⁵⁵/ → /i⁵⁵ b̥u² ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ bat¹ siu² sam¹
  - Yale: yāt bāt síu sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ bat⁷ siu² sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ bed¹ xiu² sem¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ siːu̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/

Adverb

一不小心

accidentally; carelessly; during a moment of inattention

他一不小心被玻璃絲劃破了手。 [MSC, trad.]
他一不小心被玻璃丝划破了手。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā yībùxiǎoxīn bèi bōlísī huàpò le shǒu. [Pinyin]
He accidentally cut his hand on the glass silk.

Verb

一不小心

to be careless; to have a moment of inattention

路上坑坑窪窪的，騎車的人一不小心就有致命危險。 [MSC, trad.]
路上坑坑洼洼的，骑车的人一不小心就有致命危险。 [MSC, simp.]
Lùshàng kēngkēngwāwā de, qíchē de rén yībùxiǎoxīn jiù yǒu zhìmìng wēixiǎn. [Pinyin]
Pot holes can be lethal for the unwary cyclist.

See also

(Cantonese) 一唔小心 (jat1 m4 siu2 sam1)

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