不知所以

Chinese

		to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of; to wonder if	therefore; so; consequently
trad. (不知所以)		不知	所以
simp. #(不知所以)		不知	所以

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhīsuǒyǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ so² ji⁵

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhīsuǒyǐ [Phonetic: bùzhīsuóyǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhihsuǒyǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih¹-so³-i³
    • Yale: bù-jr̄-swǒ-yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujysuooyii
    • Palladius: бучжисои (bučžisoi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ so² ji⁵
    • Yale: bāt jī só yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ so² ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ so² yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ sɔː³⁵ jiː¹³/

Idiom

不知所以

1. to now know why it is so; to not know the reason