殊不知

Chinese

		unique	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
simp. and trad. (殊不知)		殊	不知

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shūbùzhī

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄅㄨˋ ㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syu⁴ bat¹ zi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shūbùzhī
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄅㄨˋ ㄓ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shubujy
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: syu⁴ bat¹ zi¹
  - Yale: syùh bāt jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sy⁴ bat⁷ dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xu⁴ bed¹ ji¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ʃyː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Verb

殊不知

to have been scarcely imagined, expected or realised

Usage notes

This Chinese verb can often be translated into the English phrase who would have thought that...

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