不知所云
Chinese
actually; place; (nominalization prefix) | (classical) to say | |||
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simp. and trad. (不知所云) |
不知 | 所 | 云 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄩㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhihsuǒyún
- Wade–Giles: pu4-chih1-so3-yün2
- Yale: bù-jr̄-swǒ-yún
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujysuooyun
- Palladius: бучжисоюнь (bučžisojunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ yn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 zi1 so2 wan4
- Yale: bāt jī só wàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 dzi1 so2 wan4
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 ji1 so2 wen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ sɔː³⁵ wɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
不知所云
- to not know what someone is driving at; to be unintelligible