不知所謂

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	so-called; that which is called; what is known as
trad. (不知所謂)		不知	所謂
simp. (不知所谓)		不知	所谓
Literally: “to not understand what something means”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhīsuǒwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ so² wai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhīsuǒwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhihsuǒwèi
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih¹-so³-wei⁴
    • Yale: bù-jr̄-swǒ-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujysuoowey
    • Palladius: бучжисовэй (bučžisovɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ so² wai⁶
    • Yale: bāt jī só waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ so² wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ so² wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ sɔː³⁵ wɐi̯²²/

Idiom

不知所謂

1. (chiefly Cantonese) ridiculous; absurd; nonsense