不知

Chinese

		not; no; (negative prefix)	to know; to be aware
simp. and trad. (不知)		不	知

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-tî
• Min Nan (POJ): put-ti

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
    • Pinyin: bùzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujy
    • IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 不支 不知

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹
    • Yale: bāt jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-tî
    • Hakka Romanization System: bud` di´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ di¹
    • IPA: /put̚² ti²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-ti
    • Tâi-lô: put-ti
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putdy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ ti³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ ti⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴/

Verb

不知

1. to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of

   唉，我不知何時再能與他相見。 [MSC, trad.]

   唉，我不知何时再能与他相见。 [MSC, simp.]

   Ài, wǒ bùzhī héshí zài néng yǔ tā xiàngjiàn. [Pinyin]

   Alas, I do not know when I will see him again.

2. to wonder if (as used in a question or request)

Synonyms

• 不知道 (bùzhīdào)
• (Min Nan, Hakka) 毋知
• (Cantonese) 唔知 (m4 zi1)
• (Min Nan) 毋知影 (m̄ chai-iáⁿ)

Noun

不知

1. ignorance

Derived terms

• 三月不知肉味 (sān yuè bùzhī ròu wèi)
• 不知不覺／不知不觉 (bùzhībùjué)
• 不知凡幾／不知凡几
• 不知天高地厚
• 不知好歹
• 不知就裡／不知就里
• 不知所云

• 不知所措 (bùzhīsuǒcuò)
• 不知所終／不知所终
• 不知死活
• 不知者不罪 (bùzhī zhě bù zuì)
• 不知進退／不知进退
• 強不知以為知／强不知以为知 (qiǎng bùzhī yǐwéi zhī)
• 殊不知 (shūbùzhī)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	知
ふ Grade: 4	ち Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

不 not + 知 know

Noun

不知 (hiragana ふち, rōmaji fuchi)

1. ignorance (not knowing)
2. ignorance (lacking intelligence)

Synonyms

• 無知 (むち, ​muchi)

Derived terms

• 作者不知
• 不知火

References

• 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4000801112