不知好歹

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	good and evil; mishap; misadventure good and evil; mishap; misadventure; accident
trad. (不知好歹)		不知	好歹
simp. #(不知好歹)		不知	好歹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhīhǎodǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄏㄠˇ ㄉㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ hou² daai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhīhǎodǎi [Phonetic: bùzhīháodǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄏㄠˇ ㄉㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhihhǎodǎi
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih¹-hao³-tai³
    • Yale: bù-jr̄-hǎu-dǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujyhaodae
    • Palladius: бучжихаодай (bučžixaodaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ taɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ hou² daai²
    • Yale: bāt jī hóu dáai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ hou² daai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ hou² dai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ hou̯³⁵ taːi̯³⁵/

Idiom

不知好歹

1. cannot tell good from bad; to mistake good for bad; to be unable to see others' good intentions

Synonyms

• 不識好歹／不识好歹 (bùshíhǎodǎi)