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
Min Nan (POJ): put-ti

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

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

Synonyms

(not know):

Synonyms of 不知

不懂 (bùdǒng)
不明 (bùmíng) (literary)
不知道 (bùzhīdào)
不解 (bùjiě)
唔知 (Cantonese)
毋知 (Min Nan, Hakka)

毋知影 (Min Nan)
母雞／母鸡 (mǔjī) (slang, neologism, humorous)
生份 (Min Nan)
生疏 (shēngshū)
陌生 (mòshēng)

Antonyms

(not know):

Antonyms of 不知

了解 (liǎojiě)
懂 (dǒng)
懂得 (dǒngde)
把握 (bǎwò)
掌握 (zhǎngwò)
明白 (míngbai)
明瞭／明了 (míngliǎo)
曉得／晓得 (xiǎode)
會悟／会悟 (huìwù) (literary)
洞悉 (dòngxī)
清楚 (qīngchu)
熟似 (Min Nan)
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)
瞭然／了然 (liǎorán)
知影 (Min Nan)
知曉／知晓 (zhīxiǎo)
知道 (zhīdào)
覺悟／觉悟 (juéwù)
認識／认识 (rènshi)
諳曉／谙晓 (ānxiǎo) (literary)
貫通／贯通 (guàntōng)
通曉／通晓 (tōngxiǎo)
通達／通达 (tōngdá)
領悟／领悟 (lǐngwù)
領會／领会 (lǐnghuì)
領略／领略 (lǐnglüè)

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 (bùzhīfánjǐ)
不知天高地厚 (bùzhī tiāngāodìhòu)
不知好歹 (bùzhīhǎodǎi)
不知就裡／不知就里
不知所云 (bùzhīsuǒyún)

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

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

不知 (hiragana ふち, rōmaji fuchi)

ignorance (not knowing)
ignorance (lacking intelligence)

Synonyms

無 (む)知 (ち) (muchi)

Derived terms

不知火 (しらぬい) (shiranui)
作者不知

References

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

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