# 不约而同 (bùyuē'értóng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 不约而同 (bùyuē'értóng) means “as if by prior agreement; coincidentally”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: as if by prior agreement; coincidentally
- Pinyin: bùyuē'értóng (bu4 yue1 er2 tong2)
- Traditional: 不約而同
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 大家不约而同地鼓起了掌。
  Dàjiā bùyuē'értóng de gǔqǐle zhǎng.
  Everyone applauded at the same time as if by prior agreement.

## Characters

- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- [约](https://hanziro.com/word/yue-make-appointment/) (yuē): to make an appointment; to invite
- [而](https://hanziro.com/word/er-and-as-well/) (ér): (conj.) and, as well as; (conj.) but, yet
- [同](https://hanziro.com/word/tong-same/) (tóng): same; together

https://hanziro.com/word/bu-yue-er-tong-as-if-by/

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