不知

Chinese

		not; no	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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-ti

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhih
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih¹
    • Yale: bù-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujy
    • Palladius: бучжи (bučži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹
    • Yale: bāt jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-tî
    • Hakka Romanization System: bud` di´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ di¹
    • Sinological IPA: /put̚² ti²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (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

   不知其中奧妙／不知其中奥妙  ―  bùzhī qízhōng àomiào  ―  to be ignorant of the marvels therein

   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

• (not know):

Antonyms

• (not know):

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• 了解 (liǎojiě)
• 佔有／占有 (zhànyǒu)
• 分曉／分晓 (fēnxiǎo)
• 參悟／参悟 (cānwù)
• 悟 (wù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 懂 (dǒng)
• 懂得 (dǒngde)
• 打生 (Wenzhounese)
• 把握 (bǎwò)
• 掌握 (zhǎngwò)
• 明 (ming⁴) (Cantonese)
• 明白
• 明瞭／明了 (míngliǎo)
• 曉得／晓得 (xiǎode)
• 會悟／会悟 (huìwù) (literary)
• 洞悉 (dòngxī)
• 清亮 (mainland China)
• 清楚
• 熟似 (Hokkien)
• 熟悉 (shúxī)
• 熟稔 (shúrěn) (literary)
• 熟識／熟识 (shúshí)
• 理會／理会 (lǐhuì)
• 理解 (lǐjiě)
• 瞭悟／了悟 (liǎowù) (literary)
• 知影 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 知悉 (zhīxī) (literary)
• 知曉／知晓 (zhīxiǎo)
• 知識／知识 (zhīshí) (literary)
• 知道
• 覺／觉
• 覺悟／觉悟 (juéwù)
• 覺醒／觉醒 (juéxǐng)
• 認識／认识
• 諳曉／谙晓 (ānxiǎo) (literary)
• 諳達／谙达 (āndá) (literary)
• 貫通／贯通 (guàntōng)
• 通曉／通晓 (tōngxiǎo)
• 通解 (tōngjiě) (literary)
• 通達／通达 (tōngdá)
• 達／达 (literary, or in compounds)
• 醒悟 (xǐngwù)
• 開悟／开悟 (kāiwù) (literary)
• 領悟／领悟 (lǐngwù)
• 領會／领会 (lǐnghuì)
• 領略／领略 (lǐnglüè)

 

Derived terms

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Japanese

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

Etymology

不(ふ) (fu, “not”) + 知(ち) (chi, “know”)

Noun

不(ふ)知(ち) • (fuchi) 

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

Synonyms

• 無知(むち) (muchi)

Derived terms

• 不知(しらぬ)火(い) (shiranui)
• 作者不知

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN