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[粵] zi1 | [國] zhi1 [1] [v] know; understand; be aware of [2] [n] knowledge; learning [3] [v] inform; notify; tell [4] [n] bosom/intimate friend [5] [v] [literary] administer; be in charge of [粵] zi3 | [國] zhi4 variant of 智, notably 知識 Default PoS: Additional PoS: Stroke count: 8
Level: 1
Radical: 矢 (#111)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 和 |
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冷暖自知 laang5 nyun5 zi6 zi1 = self- awareness; lit. the person who drinks it knows best if its hot or cold (Zen proverb) 知道 zi1 dou6*3 = to know 我唔知 ngo5 m4 zi1 = "I don't know" 粵 不知道 bat1 zi1 dou6*3 = do not know 國 唔知道 m4 zi1 dou6*3 = do not know 粵 唔知 m4 zi1 = do not know; not sure 粵 未知 mei6 zi1 = unknown 早知 zou2 zi1 = know earlier 知識 zi1 sik1 = knowledge; learning 知名 zi1 ming4 = well known, famous 先知 sin1 zi1 = only then know 知士 zi1 si6*2 = cheese 心知 sam1 zi1 = the mind, intelligence 知己 zi1 gei2 = an intimate friend 唔知幾 m4 zi1 gei2 = extremely (lit. don't know how) 粵 鬼知 gwai2 zi1 = who the hell knows 粵 話我知 waa6 ngo5 zi1 = tell me 粵 不知幾... bat1 zi1 gei2 = really..., very..., so... 粵 知錯 zi1 co3 = be aware of one's errors; acknowledge one's mistakes 知衰 zi1 seoi1 = be aware and feel sorry for one's shortcomings and faults 粵 皆知 gaai1 zi1 = all aware; everyone knows 不知所謂 bat1 zi1 so2 wai6 = clueless 粵 通知 tung1 zi1 = to inform; to notify 唔知醜 m4 zi1 cau2 = shameless 粵 無知 mou4 zi1 = ignorance 無知覺 mou4 zi1 gok3 = senseless 不知不覺 bat1 zi1 bat1 gok3 = unconsciously 國 知覺 zi1 gok3 = perception; consciousness 知性 zi1 sing3 = intellectuality 須知 seoi1 zi1 = need-to-know facts; preliminary instructions 告知 gou3 zi1 = signalled 得知 dak1 zi1 = [1] (find out and) know; [2] learn of 知識產權 zi1 sik1 caan2 kyun4 = intellectual property 認知 jing6 zi1 = acknowledge 預知 jyu6 zi1 = anticipate, foresee 探知 taam3 zi1 = ascertain; detection 明知 ming4 zi1 = deliberately, knowingly; guilty knowledge 知其一不知其二 zi1 kei4 jat1 bat1 zi1 kei4 ji6 = know one-side of the story; knowing half truths 粵 知情 zi1 cing4 = know the inside story 知會 zi1 wui6 = inform, information, bring to notice 係人都知 hai6 jan4 dou1 zi1 = public knowledge 粵 誰不知 seoi4 bat1 zi1 = who doesn't know 知慳識儉 zi1 haan1 sik1 gim6 = thrift 粵 知機 zi1 gei1 = to sense what is coming 不知死活 bat1 zi1 sei2 wut6 = have no news of person dead or alive; act recklessly 無所不知 mou4 so2 bat1 zi1 = pansophism, pansophy, all-knowing 心知肚明 sam1 zi1 tou5 ming4 = "I know in my heart (and in my stomach)..." 我知道 ngo5 zi1 dou6*3 = "I know", "I see" 自己最知自己事 zi6 gei2 zeoi3 zi1 zi6 gei2 si6 = one knows oneself best 不得而知 bat1 dak1 ji4 zi1 = unknown; unable to find out 國 不知 bat1 zi1 = unknowing(ly) 國 不知好歹 bat1 zi1 hou2 daai2 = not know what's good for one 國 不知所云 bat1 zi1 so2 wan4 = not know what sb is driving at; be unintelligible 國 不知天高地厚 bat1 zi1 tin1 gou1 dei6 hau5 = not know the immensity of heaven and earth - have an exaggerated opinion of one's abilities 國 世界知名 sai3 gaai3 zi1 ming4 = world famous 沒有知覺 mut6 jau5 zi1 gok3 = insensible 國 知足 zi1 zuk1 = satisfied; content 技術知識 gei6 seot6 zi1 sik1 = technical knowledge 知名人士 zi1 ming4 jan4 si6 = celebrity; public figure; well-known person 不知道的 bat1 zi1 dou6*3 dik1 = unconscious, unknown 國 不知禮的 bat1 zi1 lai5 dik1 = graceless 國 不知疲倦的 bat1 zi1 pei4 gyun6 dik1 = tireless 國 不知所措 bat1 zi1 so2 cou3 = be at a loss; be at one's wits' end 國 不知凡幾 bat1 zi1 faan4 gei2 = can't tell how many there are - there are numerous similar cases 國 不知何故 bat1 zi1 ho4 gu3 = [adv] somehow 國 有所不知 jau5 so2 bat1 zi1 = not to know something 知識份子 zi1 sik1 fan6 zi2 = intellectual; learned person; intelligentsia 知識工程師 zi1 sik1 gung1 cing4 si1 = knowledge worker 背景知識 bui3 ging2 zi1 sik1 = [n] cultural background 認知科學 jing6 zi1 fo1 hok6 = cognitive science 明知故問 ming4 zi1 gu3 man6 = to ask about something one already knows 知識界 zi1 sik1 gaai3 = intelligentsia 三五知己 saam1 ng5 zi1 gei2 = several good friends 普通知識 pou2 tung1 zi1 sik1 = [n] common knowledge 知人口面不知心 zi1 jan4 hau2 min6 bat1 zi1 sam1 = know a person's face, don't know their heart 知到 zi1 dou3 = to be sensible of; to know (orthographic variant of 知道) 粵 以我所知 ji5 ngo5 so2 zi1 = From what I know ... 據我所知 geoi3 ngo5 so2 zi1 = From what I know ... 不知所以 bat1 zi1 so2 ji5 = perplexed 國 不知羞恥 bat1 zi1 sau1 ci2 = act shamelessly 國 無人不知 mou4 jan4 bat1 zi1 = everyone knows 國 可知性 ho2 zi1 sing3 = [philosophy] knowability 路人皆知 lou6 jan4 gaai1 zi1 = everybody knows 視為知己 si6 wai4 zi1 gei2 = regard as confidant 通知書 tung1 zi1 syu1 = notice; advice note 愚昧無知 jyu4 mui6 mou4 zi1 = ignorant 知識青年 zi1 sik1 cing1 nin4 = young intellectual 不說不知 bat1 syut3 bat1 zi1 = not speaking and not knowing 國 不知幾爽 bat1 zi1 gei2 song2 = extremely happy, "you have no idea how great that feels!" 國 不知好笑還是好怒 bat1 zi1 hou2 siu3 waan4 si6 hou2 nou6 = find sth both funny and annoying; unable to laugh or cry at sth 知微 zi1 mei4*1 = disputes over every detail 知微麻利 zi1 mei4*1 maa4 lei6 = selfish, calculating; uses others to one's benefit 唔賭唔知時運高,唔嫖唔知身體好 m4 dou2 m4 zi1 si4 wan6 gou1, m4 piu4 m4 zi1 san1 tai2 hou2 = do not gamble then you don't know how lucky you are, do not go whorring then you don't know your heath is good 粵 不知幾 bat1 zi1 gei2 = extremely (lit. don't know how) 粵 明知故犯 ming4 zi1 gu3 faan6 = commit a crime or mistake on purpose 身在福中不知福 san1 zoi6 fuk1 zung1 bat1 zi1 fuk1 = when growing up in happiness, don't appreciate what happiness actually is 知足常樂 zi1 zuk1 soeng4 lok6 = if one is happy with what he has, then he will always be happy 年少無知 nin4 siu3 mou4 zi1 = young and ignorant 不知輕重 bat1 zi1 hing1 cung5 = confused (lit., "doesn't know what's light from what's heavy") 國 自知之明 zi6 zi1 zi1 ming4 = to know one-self thoroughly 唔講你唔知 m4 gong2 nei5 m4 zi1 = not speaking and not knowing 粵 唔知好嬲定好笑 m4 zi1 hou2 nau1 ding6 hou2 siu3 = find sth both funny and annoying 粵 食髓知味 sik6 seoi5 zi1 mei6 = Having tasted the marrow, the longing for its savour grows 殊不知 syu4 bat1 zi1 = little did I know; never did I imagine 缺乏知識 kyut3 fat6 zi1 sik1 = lack of knowledge 知識貧乏 zi1 sik1 pan4 fat6 = lack of knowledge 點知 dim2 zi1 = "for all I know...", "God knows..." 粵 知音 zi1 jam1 = a close friend; a bosom friend; a confidant; one's second self 三不知 saam1 bat1 zi1 = to claim complete ignorance 一問三不知 jat1 man6 saam1 bat1 zi1 = ask a question and one claims complete ignorance 粵 知己知彼 zi1 gei2 zi1 bei2 = know your enemy as you know yourself 知名度 zi1 ming4 dou6 = popularity 唔話你知,等你心思思 m4 waa6 nei5 zi1 dang3 nei5 sam1 si1 si1 = I won't tell you, just to cause you mental torment 粵 有早知,冇乞兒 jau5 zou2 zi1, mou5 hat1 ji4*1 = if you knew your present outcome earlier you wouldn't have made such a choice 粵 知少少,扮代表 zi1 siu2 siu2, baan6 doi6 biu2 = describes someone who thinks he's a know-it-all 粵 未知之數 mei6 zi1 zi1 sou3 = uncertain; unkown 知人知面不知心 zi1 jan4 zi1 min6 bat1 zi1 sam1 = you may know a person's face, yet you don't no his or her heart; it's hard to know sb. true nature 鮮為人知 sin2 wai4 jan4 zi1 = not known to many, secret to all but a few 他鄉遇故知 taa1 hoeng1 jyu6 gu3 zi1 = run into an old friend in a foreign place 另行通知 ling6 hang4 tung1 zi1 = (until) further notice 誰知 seoi4 zi1 = who knows 國 知識淺薄 zi1 sik1 cin2 bok6 = to have superficial knowledge 早知今日,何必當初 zou2 zi1 gam1 jat6, ho4 bit1 dong1 co1 = if you had foresight into today, you wouldn't have to have chosen yesterday's path 知難而退 zi1 naan4 ji4 teoi3 = to retreat or give up after realizing one is up against unfavourable circumstances 無知婦孺 mou4 zi1 fu5 jyu4 = ignorant people 婦孺皆知 fu5 jyu4 gaai1 zi1 = a household name; known to everyone both women and child 街知巷聞 gaai1 zi1 hong6 man4 = known to everyone; known and heard of in the streets and alleys 衆所周知 zung3 so2 zau1 zi1 = as everyone knows 盡人皆知 zeon6 jan4 gaai1 zi1 = known to everyone; well-known 知彼知己,百戰百勝 zi1 bei2 zi1 gei2, baak3 zin3 baak3 sing3 = know your enemy and yourself and you can win a hundred battles (every battle) 知彼知己,百戰不殆 zi1 bei2 zi1 gei2, baak3 zin3 bat1 toi5 = know your enemy and yourself and you will never lose a battle 良知 loeng4 zi1 = 1. one's conscience 2. intuitive knowledege 詐唔知 zaa3 m4 zi1 = act like one doesn't know; act ignorant 粵 可想而知 ho2 soeng2 ji4 zi1 = one may well imagine 點不知 dim2 bat1 zi1 = little did I know; never did I imagine 粵 知法犯法 zi1 faat3 faan6 faat3 = know the law but break it anyway 不知上進 bat1 zi1 soeng5 zeon3 = have no desire to improve oneself 年幼無知 nin4 jau3 mou4 zi1 = young and ignorant 溫故知新 wan1 gu3 zi1 san1 = reflect on the past to know the future; review the old to know the new 知交 zi1 gaau1 = close friend 唔知死 m4 zi1 sei2 = not know the seriousness of a situation or its consequences 粵 唔知個死字點寫 m4 zi1 go3 sei2 zi6 dim2 se2 = to be oblivious to danger 粵 話知 waa6 zi1 = used to express indifference on the part of the speaker 粵 知錯能改 zi1 co3 nang4 goi2 = acknowledging one's mistakes is the prerequisite to change 知罪 zi1 zeoi6 = feel convicted of and remorseful for a wrong doing 知情權 zi1 cing4 kyun4 = right to information; right to know 不知名 bat1 zi1 ming4 = unknown; nameless 紅顏知己 hung4 ngaan4 zi1 gei2 = lady bosom friend 知青 zi1 cing1 = young intellectual 一知半解 jat1 zi1 bun3 gaai2 = to have superficial knowledge 不可知論 bat1 ho2 zi1 leon6 = agnosticism 不可知論的 bat1 ho2 zi1 leon6 dik1 = agnostic 國 不可知論嘅 bat1 ho2 zi1 leon6 ge3 = agnostic 粵 廣播和未知服務器 gwong2 bo3 wo4 mei6 zi1 fuk6 mou6 hei3 = Broadcast and Unknown Server (BUS) 未知數 mei6 zi1 sou3 = [math.] (an) unknown 未知量 mei6 zi1 loeng6 = [math.] (an) unknown 世界知識產權組織 sai3 gaai3 zi1 sik1 caan2 kyun4 zou2 zik1 = World Intellectual Property Organization 高知縣 gou1 zi1 jyun6 = Kochi prefecture (in Japan) 知覺解體 zi1 gok3 gaai2 tai2 = [cog sci.] perceptual separability 神不知鬼不覺 san4 bat1 zi1 gwai2 bat1 gok3 = unknown to god or ghost (do sth in secrecy) 國 俾眾周知 bei2 zung3 zau1 zi1 = for the information of all 塞翁失馬,焉知非福 coi3 jung1 sat1 maa5 jin1 zi1 fei1 fuk1 = misfortune may be a blessing in disguise 不知悔改 bat1 zi1 fui3 goi2 = impenitent 略知一二 loek6 zi1 jat1 ji6 = smatter; have a smattering of 知書識墨 zi1 syu1 sik1 mak6 = literate 粵 知書識字 zi1 syu1 sik1 zi6 = literate 知子莫若父 zi1 zi2 mok6 yoek6 fu6 = no one know's a son better than a father 知我莫若你 zi1 ngo5 mok6 yoek6 nei5 = no one know's me better than you 若要人不知,除非己莫為 jeok6 jiu3 jan4 bat1 zi1, ceoi4 fei1 gei2 mok6 wai4 = if you don't want to be found out, don't do sth. (wrong) 知命之年 zi1 ming6 zi1 nin4 = 50 years old; to be a quinquagenarian 知之為知之,不知為不知,是知也 zi1 zi1 wai4 zi1 zi1, bat1 zi1 wai4 bat1 zi1, si6 zi1 yaa5 = to admit that you know what you know, and admit what you don't know, that is to really know 認知障礙症 jing6 zi1 zoeng3 ngoi6 zing3 = dementia 粵 知悉 zi1 sik1 = informed of 焉知 jin1 zi1 = how is one to know 國 知錯能改,善莫大焉 zi1 co3 nang4 goi2 sin6 mok6 daai6 jin4 = nothing is better than to correct one's mistakes 千金難買早知道 cin1 gam1 naan4 maai5 zou2 zi1 dou6*3 = if only I would have known earlier 粵 未卜先知 mei6 buk1 sin1 zi1 = have foresight; foresee the future |
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因為唔知底細,所以暫時叫佢紅鬼 粵
Show all 33 examplesSince we don't have much information, we're calling him "red ghost" for now. [Lit. because not-know exact-details, therefore temporarily call him red ghost. ("Red Ghost" here is a codename for a criminal. If his name had already been mentioned we could have 因為唔知底細所以暫時噉叫佢.)] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |