知道

Chinese

		to know; to be aware	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
simp. and trad. (知道)		知	道
variant forms		知到 chiefly Cantonese

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhīdào → zhīdao (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄉㄠˋ → ㄓ ˙ㄉㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy.daw
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d̥ɑʊ̯²/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zi¹ dao⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zdao
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ tau²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹ dou³
  - Yale: jī dou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ dou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ dou³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ tou̯³³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zi¹ dau³
  - IPA (old-style): /t͡sz̩¹¹ tau⁴⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti-tō͘
  - Tâi-lô: ti-tōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: di'do
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ti³³ tɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² tɔ²²/

知道

to know (something); to be aware of
我不知道。 ― Wǒ bù zhīdào. ― I don't know.

我唔知道。 [Guangzhou Cantonese] ― Ngo⁵ m⁴ zi¹ dou³. [Jyutping] ― I don't know.

我知道他住哪兒。 / 我知道他住哪儿。 ― Wǒ zhīdào tā zhù nǎr. ― I know where he lives.

我們不知道。 / 我们不知道。 ― Wǒmen bù zhīdào. ― We don't know.

你知不知道他的名字？ [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Nǐ zhī bù zhīdào tā de míngzi? [Pinyin]
Do you know his name?

他不務正業，天天就知道吃喝玩樂。 [MSC, trad.]
他不务正业，天天就知道吃喝玩乐。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā bùwùzhèngyè, tiāntiān jiù zhīdào chīhēwánlè. [Pinyin]
He won't do an honest day's work, and instead spends his days just having fun.
to understand
「知唔知道？」「知道！」 [Cantonese, trad.]
“知唔知道？”“知道！” [Cantonese, simp.]
“zi¹ m⁴ zi¹ dou³?” “zi¹ dou³!” [Jyutping]
"Got it?" "Got it!"

Synonyms of 知道

Dialectal synonyms of 知道 (“to know (something)”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		知
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		知道, 知曉
Mandarin	Beijing	知道
	Taiwan	知道
	Jinan	知道
	Xi'an	知道
	Wuhan	曉得, 找得到
	Huanggang	曉得
	Chengdu	曉得
	Yangzhou	曉得
	Hefei	曉得
Cantonese	Guangzhou	知, 知道
	Hong Kong	知, 知道
	Taishan	知𡃴
	Yangjiang	知, 知得
Gan	Nanchang	曉得
Hakka	Meixian	知, 知得
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	知, 知得
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	知, 知得
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	知, 知得
	Dongshi (Dabu)	知, 知得, 知著
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	知, 知得
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	知
Jin	Taiyuan	知道, 曉得
Min Bei	Jian'ou	得知, 曉得
Min Dong	Fuzhou	捌, 捌傳, 曉
Min Nan	Xiamen	知, 知影
	Quanzhou	知, 知影
	Zhangzhou	知, 知影
	Taipei	知, 知影
	Kaohsiung	知, 知影
	Penang	知, 知影
	Singapore	知, 知影
	Philippines (Manila)	知, 知影
	Chaozhou	知
Wu	Shanghai	曉得
Wu	Wenzhou	曉得
Xiang	Changsha	曉得
Xiang	Shuangfeng	曉得

		to know; to be aware	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
simp. and trad. (知道)		知	道

知道

(literary, Taoism, Confucianism) to know the Tao; to know the way; to understand the principles well

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