明知

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	to know; to be aware
simp. and trad. (明知)		明	知

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngzhī

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ zi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mìn-tî
Min Nan (POJ): bêng-chai

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: míngzhī
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingjy
  - IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ zi¹
  - Yale: mìhng jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ ji¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-tî
  - Hakka Romanization System: minˇ di´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: min² di¹
  - IPA: /min¹¹ ti²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-chai
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-tsai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bengzay
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡saɪ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/

Verb

明知

to know perfectly well; to be fully aware
- 明知愛情是毒藥，偏偏一嘴甲喝落；等到情火一直燒，找無止痛的解藥。 [Min Nan, trad.]
  明知爱情是毒药，偏偏一嘴甲喝落；等到情火一直烧，找无止痛的解药。 [Min Nan, simp.]
  From: 蕭玉芬, 毒藥
  Bêng-chai ài-chêng sī to̍k-io̍h, phian-phian chi̍t chhùi kā lim lo̍h; tán kah chêng hóe it-ti̍t sio, chhōe bô chí-thiàⁿ ê kái-io̍h. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  [I] clearly knew love is a poison, [but I] still drank it; by the time the fire of love was ceaselessly burning, [I still] could not find a painkilling antidote.

Adverb

明知

wittingly; intentionally; knowingly; deliberately

Derived terms

明知不是伴，事急且相隨／明知不是伴，事急且相随
明知就裡／明知就里 (míngzhījiùlǐ)
明知山有虎，偏向虎山行 (míngzhī shān yǒu hǔ, piànxiàng hǔ shān xíng)
明知山有虎，故作採樵人／明知山有虎，故作采樵人

明知故問／明知故问 (míngzhīgùwèn)
明知故犯 (míngzhīgùfàn)
明知道

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