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  zi1 zi3   jyutping
  zhi1 zhi4   pinyin
[] zi1 | [] 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

[] zi3 | [] zhi4
variant of , notably 知識

Default PoS: verb Additional PoS: noun
Stroke count: 8
Level: 1
Radical: (#111)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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detail  laang5 nyun5 zi6 zi1  leng3 nuan3 zi4 zhi1 = self- awareness; lit. the person who drinks it knows best if its hot or cold (Zen proverb)
detail  zi1 dou6*3  zhi1 dao4/5 = to know
detail  ngo5 m4 zi1   = "I don't know"
detail  bat1 zi1 dou6*3  bu4 zhi1 dao4 = do not know
detail  m4 zi1 dou6*3  m2 zhi1 dao4 = do not know
detail  m4 zi1  m2 zhi1 = do not know; not sure
detail  mei6 zi1  wei4 zhi1 = unknown
detail  zou2 zi1   = know earlier
detail  zi1 sik1  zhi1 shi5 = knowledge; learning
detail  zi1 ming4  zhi1 ming2 = well known, famous
detail  sin1 zi1  xian1 zhi1 = only then know
detail  zi1 si6*2   = cheese
detail  sam1 zi1   = the mind, intelligence
detail  zi1 gei2   = an intimate friend
detail  m4 zi1 gei2   = extremely (lit. don't know how)
detail  gwai2 zi1   = who the hell knows
detail  waa6 ngo5 zi1   = tell me
detail ...  bat1 zi1 gei2  bu4 zhi1 ji3 = really..., very..., so...
detail  zi1 co3  zhi1 cuo4 = be aware of one's errors; acknowledge one's mistakes
detail  zi1 seoi1  zhi1 shuai1 = be aware and feel sorry for one's shortcomings and faults
detail  gaai1 zi1   = all aware; everyone knows
detail  bat1 zi1 so2 wai6  bu4 zhi1 suo3 wei4 = clueless
detail  tung1 zi1  tong1 zhi1 = to inform; to notify
detail  m4 zi1 cau2   = shameless
detail  mou4 zi1  wu2 zhi1 = ignorance
detail  mou4 zi1 gok3  wu2 zhi1 jue2 = senseless
detail  bat1 zi1 bat1 gok3  bu4 zhi1 bu4 jue2 = unconsciously
detail  zi1 gok3  zhi1 jue2 = perception; consciousness
detail  zi1 sing3  zhi1 xing4 = intellectuality
detail  seoi1 zi1  xu1 zhi1 = need-to-know facts; preliminary instructions
detail  gou3 zi1   = signalled
detail  dak1 zi1  de2 zhi1 = [1] (find out and) know; [2] learn of
detail  zi1 sik1 caan2 kyun4  zhi1 shi5 chan3 quan2 = intellectual property
detail  jing6 zi1  ren4 zhi1 = acknowledge
detail  jyu6 zi1  yu4 zhi1 = anticipate, foresee
detail  taam3 zi1   = ascertain; detection
detail  ming4 zi1   = deliberately, knowingly; guilty knowledge
detail  zi1 kei4 jat1 bat1 zi1 kei4 ji6   = know one-side of the story; knowing half truths
detail  zi1 cing4   = know the inside story
detail  zi1 wui6  zhi1 hui4 = inform, information, bring to notice
detail  hai6 jan4 dou1 zi1   = public knowledge
detail  seoi4 bat1 zi1   = who doesn't know
detail  zi1 haan1 sik1 gim6   = thrift
detail  zi1 gei1   = to sense what is coming
detail  bat1 zi1 sei2 wut6  bu4 zhi1 si3 huo2 = have no news of person dead or alive; act recklessly
detail  mou4 so2 bat1 zi1  wu2 suo3 bu4 zhi1 = pansophism, pansophy, all-knowing
detail  sam1 zi1 tou5 ming4   = "I know in my heart (and in my stomach)..."
detail  ngo5 zi1 dou6*3   = "I know", "I see"
detail  zi6 gei2 zeoi3 zi1 zi6 gei2 si6  zi4 ji3 zui4 zhi1 zi4 ji3 shi4 = one knows oneself best
detail  bat1 dak1 ji4 zi1  bu4 de2 er2 zhi1 = unknown; unable to find out
detail  bat1 zi1  bu4 zhi1 = unknowing(ly)
detail  bat1 zi1 hou2 daai2  bu4 zhi1 hao3 dai3 = not know what's good for one
detail  bat1 zi1 so2 wan4  bu4 zhi1 suo3 yun2 = not know what sb is driving at; be unintelligible
detail  bat1 zi1 tin1 gou1 dei6 hau5  bu4 zhi1 tian1 gao1 di4 hou4 = not know the immensity of heaven and earth - have an exaggerated opinion of one's abilities
detail  sai3 gaai3 zi1 ming4  shi4 jie4 zhi1 ming2 = world famous
detail  mut6 jau5 zi1 gok3  mei2 you3 zhi1 jue2 = insensible
detail  zi1 zuk1  zhi1 zu2 = satisfied; content
detail  gei6 seot6 zi1 sik1  ji4 shu4 zhi1 shi5 = technical knowledge
detail  zi1 ming4 jan4 si6  zhi1 ming2 ren2 shi4 = celebrity; public figure; well-known person
detail  bat1 zi1 dou6*3 dik1  bu4 zhi1 dao4 de5 = unconscious, unknown
detail  bat1 zi1 lai5 dik1  bu4 zhi1 li3 de5 = graceless
detail  bat1 zi1 pei4 gyun6 dik1  bu4 zhi1 pi2 juan4 de5 = tireless
detail  bat1 zi1 so2 cou3  bu4 zhi1 suo3 cuo4 = be at a loss; be at one's wits' end
detail  bat1 zi1 faan4 gei2  bu4 zhi1 fan2 ji3 = can't tell how many there are - there are numerous similar cases
detail  bat1 zi1 ho4 gu3  bu4 zhi1 he2 gu4 = [adv] somehow
detail  jau5 so2 bat1 zi1  you3 suo3 bu4 zhi1 = not to know something
detail  zi1 sik1 fan6 zi2  zhi1 shi2 fen4 zi3 = intellectual; learned person; intelligentsia
detail  zi1 sik1 gung1 cing4 si1  zhi1 shi4 gong1 cheng2 shi1 = knowledge worker
detail  bui3 ging2 zi1 sik1  bei4 jing3 zhi1 shi5 = [n] cultural background
detail  jing6 zi1 fo1 hok6  ren4 zhi1 ke1 xue2 = cognitive science
detail  ming4 zi1 gu3 man6  ming2 zhi1 gu4 wen4 = to ask about something one already knows
detail  zi1 sik1 gaai3   = intelligentsia
detail  saam1 ng5 zi1 gei2   = several good friends
detail  pou2 tung1 zi1 sik1   = [n] common knowledge
detail  zi1 jan4 hau2 min6 bat1 zi1 sam1   = know a person's face, don't know their heart
detail  zi1 dou3   = to be sensible of; to know (orthographic variant of 知道)
detail  ji5 ngo5 so2 zi1  yi3 wo3 suo3 zhi1 = From what I know ...
detail  geoi3 ngo5 so2 zi1   = From what I know ...
detail  bat1 zi1 so2 ji5  bu4 zhi1 suo3 yi3 = perplexed
detail  bat1 zi1 sau1 ci2  bu4 zhi1 xiu1 chi3 = act shamelessly
detail  mou4 jan4 bat1 zi1  wu2 ren2 bu4 zhi1 = everyone knows
detail  ho2 zi1 sing3  ke3 zhi1 xing4 = [philosophy] knowability
detail  lou6 jan4 gaai1 zi1  lu4 ren2 jie1 zhi1 = everybody knows
detail  si6 wai4 zi1 gei2  shi4 wei2 zhi1 ji3 = regard as confidant
detail  tung1 zi1 syu1  tong1 zhi1 shu1 = notice; advice note
detail  jyu4 mui6 mou4 zi1  yu2 mei4 wu2 zhi1 = ignorant
detail  zi1 sik1 cing1 nin4  zhi1 shi2 qing1 nian2 = young intellectual
detail  bat1 syut3 bat1 zi1   = not speaking and not knowing
detail  bat1 zi1 gei2 song2   = extremely happy, "you have no idea how great that feels!"
detail  bat1 zi1 hou2 siu3 waan4 si6 hou2 nou6   = find sth both funny and annoying; unable to laugh or cry at sth
detail  zi1 mei4*1   = disputes over every detail
detail  zi1 mei4*1 maa4 lei6   = selfish, calculating; uses others to one's benefit
detail  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
detail  bat1 zi1 gei2   = extremely (lit. don't know how)
detail  ming4 zi1 gu3 faan6   = commit a crime or mistake on purpose
detail  san1 zoi6 fuk1 zung1 bat1 zi1 fuk1   = when growing up in happiness, don't appreciate what happiness actually is
detail  zi1 zuk1 soeng4 lok6   = if one is happy with what he has, then he will always be happy
detail  nin4 siu3 mou4 zi1   = young and ignorant
detail  bat1 zi1 hing1 cung5  bu4 zhi1 qing1 zhong4 = confused (lit., "doesn't know what's light from what's heavy")
detail  zi6 zi1 zi1 ming4  zi4 zhi1 zhi1 ming2 = to know one-self thoroughly
detail  m4 gong2 nei5 m4 zi1   = not speaking and not knowing
detail  m4 zi1 hou2 nau1 ding6 hou2 siu3   = find sth both funny and annoying
detail  sik6 seoi5 zi1 mei6   = Having tasted the marrow, the longing for its savour grows
detail  syu4 bat1 zi1  shu1 bu4 zhi1 = little did I know; never did I imagine
detail  kyut3 fat6 zi1 sik1   = lack of knowledge
detail  zi1 sik1 pan4 fat6   = lack of knowledge
detail  dim2 zi1   = "for all I know...", "God knows..."
detail  zi1 jam1  zhi1 yin1 = a close friend; a bosom friend; a confidant; one's second self
detail  saam1 bat1 zi1  san1 bu4 zhi1 = to claim complete ignorance
detail  jat1 man6 saam1 bat1 zi1   = ask a question and one claims complete ignorance
detail  zi1 gei2 zi1 bei2  zhi1 ji3 zhi1 bi3 = know your enemy as you know yourself
detail  zi1 ming4 dou6  zhi1 ming2 du4 = popularity
detail  m4 waa6 nei5 zi1 dang3 nei5 sam1 si1 si1  wu2 hua4 ni3 zhi1, deng3 ni3 xin1 si1 si1 = I won't tell you, just to cause you mental torment
detail  jau5 zou2 zi1, mou5 hat1 ji4*1  you3 zao3 zhi1, mao3 qi3 er2 = if you knew your present outcome earlier you wouldn't have made such a choice
detail  zi1 siu2 siu2, baan6 doi6 biu2  zhi1 shao3 shao3, ban4 dai4 biao3 = describes someone who thinks he's a know-it-all
detail  mei6 zi1 zi1 sou3  wei4 zhi1 zhi1 shu4 = uncertain; unkown
detail  zi1 jan4 zi1 min6 bat1 zi1 sam1  zhi1 ren2 zhi1 mian4 bu4 zhi1 xin1 = you may know a person's face, yet you don't no his or her heart; it's hard to know sb. true nature
detail  sin2 wai4 jan4 zi1  xian3 wei2 ren2 zhi1 = not known to many, secret to all but a few
detail  taa1 hoeng1 jyu6 gu3 zi1   = run into an old friend in a foreign place
detail  ling6 hang4 tung1 zi1  ling4 xing2 tong1 zhi1 = (until) further notice
detail  seoi4 zi1  shei2 zhi1 = who knows
detail  zi1 sik1 cin2 bok6  zhi1 shi5 qian3 bo2 = to have superficial knowledge
detail  zou2 zi1 gam1 jat6, ho4 bit1 dong1 co1  zao3 zhi1 jin1 ri4, he2 bi4 dang1 chu1 = if you had foresight into today, you wouldn't have to have chosen yesterday's path
detail 退  zi1 naan4 ji4 teoi3  zhi1 nan2 er2 tui4 = to retreat or give up after realizing one is up against unfavourable circumstances
detail  mou4 zi1 fu5 jyu4  wu2 zhi1 fu4 ru2 = ignorant people
detail  fu5 jyu4 gaai1 zi1  fu4 ru2 jie1 zhi1 = a household name; known to everyone both women and child
detail  gaai1 zi1 hong6 man4  jie1 zhi1 xiang4 wen2 = known to everyone; known and heard of in the streets and alleys
detail  zung3 so2 zau1 zi1  zhong4 suo3 zhou1 zhi1 = as everyone knows
detail  zeon6 jan4 gaai1 zi1  jin4 ren2 jie1 zhi1 = known to everyone; well-known
detail  zi1 bei2 zi1 gei2, baak3 zin3 baak3 sing3  zhi1 bi3 zhi1 ji3, bai3 zhan4 bai3 sheng4 = know your enemy and yourself and you can win a hundred battles (every battle)
detail  zi1 bei2 zi1 gei2, baak3 zin3 bat1 toi5  zhi1 bi3 zhi1 ji3, bai3 zhan4 bu4 dai4 = know your enemy and yourself and you will never lose a battle
detail  loeng4 zi1  liang2 zhi1 = 1. one's conscience 2. intuitive knowledege
detail  zaa3 m4 zi1  zha4 wu2 zhi1 = act like one doesn't know; act ignorant
detail  ho2 soeng2 ji4 zi1  ke3 xiang3 er2 zhi1 = one may well imagine
detail  dim2 bat1 zi1   = little did I know; never did I imagine
detail  zi1 faat3 faan6 faat3  zhi1 fa3 fan4 fa3 = know the law but break it anyway
detail  bat1 zi1 soeng5 zeon3  bu4 zhi1 shang4 jin4 = have no desire to improve oneself
detail  nin4 jau3 mou4 zi1  nian2 you4 wu2 zhi1 = young and ignorant
detail  wan1 gu3 zi1 san1  wen1 gu4 zhi1 xin1 = reflect on the past to know the future; review the old to know the new
detail  zi1 gaau1  zhi1 jiao1 = close friend
detail  m4 zi1 sei2   = not know the seriousness of a situation or its consequences
detail  m4 zi1 go3 sei2 zi6 dim2 se2   = to be oblivious to danger
detail  waa6 zi1   = used to express indifference on the part of the speaker
detail  zi1 co3 nang4 goi2  zhi1 cuo4 neng2 gai3 = acknowledging one's mistakes is the prerequisite to change
detail  zi1 zeoi6  zhi1 zui4 = feel convicted of and remorseful for a wrong doing
detail  zi1 cing4 kyun4  zhi1 qing2 quan2 = right to information; right to know
detail  bat1 zi1 ming4  bu4 zhi1 ming2 = unknown; nameless
detail  hung4 ngaan4 zi1 gei2  hong2 yan2 zhi1 ji3 = lady bosom friend
detail  zi1 cing1  zhi1 qing1 = young intellectual
detail  jat1 zi1 bun3 gaai2  yi1 zhi1 ban4 jie3 = to have superficial knowledge
detail  bat1 ho2 zi1 leon6  bu4 ke3 zhi1 lun4 = agnosticism
detail  bat1 ho2 zi1 leon6 dik1  bu4 ke3 zhi1 lun4 de5 = agnostic
detail  bat1 ho2 zi1 leon6 ge3  bu4 ke3 zhi1 lun4 ge2 = agnostic
detail  gwong2 bo3 wo4 mei6 zi1 fuk6 mou6 hei3  guang3 bo1 he2 wei4 zhi1 fu2 wu4 qi4 = Broadcast and Unknown Server (BUS)
detail  mei6 zi1 sou3  wei4 zhi1 shu4 = [math.] (an) unknown
detail  mei6 zi1 loeng6  wei4 zhi1 liang4 = [math.] (an) unknown
detail  sai3 gaai3 zi1 sik1 caan2 kyun4 zou2 zik1   = World Intellectual Property Organization
detail  gou1 zi1 jyun6   = Kochi prefecture (in Japan)
detail  zi1 gok3 gaai2 tai2  zhi1 jue2 jie3 ti3 = [cog sci.] perceptual separability
detail  san4 bat1 zi1 gwai2 bat1 gok3  shen2 bu4 zhi1 gui3 bu4 jue2 = unknown to god or ghost (do sth in secrecy)
detail  bei2 zung3 zau1 zi1  bi3 zhong4 zhou1 zhi1 = for the information of all
detail ,  coi3 jung1 sat1 maa5 jin1 zi1 fei1 fuk1  sai4 weng1 shi1 ma3 yan1 zhi1 fei1 fu2 = misfortune may be a blessing in disguise
detail  bat1 zi1 fui3 goi2   = impenitent
detail  loek6 zi1 jat1 ji6  lve4 zhi1 yi1 er4 = smatter; have a smattering of
detail  zi1 syu1 sik1 mak6   = literate
detail  zi1 syu1 sik1 zi6  zhi1 shu1 shi2 zi4 = literate
detail  zi1 zi2 mok6 yoek6 fu6  zhi1 zi3 mo4 ruo4 fu4 = no one know's a son better than a father
detail  zi1 ngo5 mok6 yoek6 nei5  zhi1 wo3 mo4 ruo4 ni3 = no one know's me better than you
detail  jeok6 jiu3 jan4 bat1 zi1, ceoi4 fei1 gei2 mok6 wai4  ruo4 yao4 ren2 bu4 zhi1, chu2 fei1 ji3 mo4 wei2 = if you don't want to be found out, don't do sth. (wrong)
detail  zi1 ming6 zi1 nin4  zhi1 ming4 zhi1 nian2 = 50 years old; to be a quinquagenarian
detail  zi1 zi1 wai4 zi1 zi1, bat1 zi1 wai4 bat1 zi1, si6 zi1 yaa5  zhi1 zhi1 wei2 zhi1 zhi1, bu4 zhi1 wei2 bu4 zhi1, shi4 zhi1 ye3 = to admit that you know what you know, and admit what you don't know, that is to really know
detail  jing6 zi1 zoeng3 ngoi6 zing3   = dementia
detail  zi1 sik1  zhi1 xi1 = informed of
detail  jin1 zi1  yan1 zhi1 = how is one to know
detail  zi1 co3 nang4 goi2 sin6 mok6 daai6 jin4  zhi1 cuo4 neng2 gai3 shan4 mo4 da4 yan1 = nothing is better than to correct one's mistakes
detail  cin1 gam1 naan4 maai5 zou2 zi1 dou6*3  qian1 jin1 nan2 mai3 zao3 zhi1 dao4 = if only I would have known earlier
detail  mei6 buk1 sin1 zi1  wei4 bu3 xian1 zhi1 = have foresight; foresee the future

Showing all 33 examples containing 知
detail 我唔知邊個邊度
I don't know who's delivering [lunch] where.
detail
I know what you want
detail 我唔知你嘅地埗邊度
I don't know where your address is.
[Lit. I not know your address at where.]
detail 唔知點
I don't know what to do either.
[[set phrase]]
detail 我唔知
I don't know what to eat.
detail audio 唔知點呢排成日頭痛
I don't know why I've been getting so many headaches lately.
detail audio 消息通知
Once you have the news then let me know.
detail audio 唔知!
I don't know what you're babbling about!
detail audio 乜嘢都知道
I have discovered all.
detail 因為唔知底細所以暫時
Since 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.)]
detail 唔好嘈唔知幾多  ?! 
Don't disturb me, I'm up to my eyes in work.
[Lit. don't disturb me, don't know how-much work [to] do.]
detail 特登
Young Lam has come especially to see you, you know.
[係...㗎 (or 嘅) is used to emphasize a fact.]
detail audio 唔知阿蓮
Not sure whether Ah Lin wants to go or not.
detail 雖然只係上台分享自己經歷唔知點自然覺得怯場
Although merely sharing my experiences on stage, I do not know why I would naturally get stage fright.
detail audio 隨口講著衫獨沽一味點知借啲意隔日
I was merely commenting she's always wearing the same clothes; little did I know that she would use it as an opportunity to buy herself a whole cupboard of new clothes the next day.
detail audio 以為攝影師男朋友一定會好多殊不知一張
I had the idea that by having a photographer as boyfriend, I would have many of my pictures taken. Little did I know that none of the photographs were of me.
detail 唔知大陸通姦唔會打靶
I wonder if one would be shot dead if one is caught committing adultery in mainland China.
detail 要人不知除非
[1] The best way to hide a misdeed is not to commit it. [2] What is done by night appears by day.
detail 真係住得背而家先知移民
I am really not well informed. It is now that I learn he has migrated.
detail 我知道呢個不爭事實
I know this is the undeniable truth.
detail audio 而家細路真係身在福中不知福
Children nowadays really don't know how fortunate they are.
detail audio 住喺不知幾隔涉
He lives up on a mountain, really secluded, you can't even reach it by car.
detail 鬼知尋晚
Who (the hell) knows where he went last night. [as in "I don't know where he went last night"]
[邊 is short for 邊度]
detail 唔知邊度
We don't know where he has wandered off to.
detail 見到頭先已經知道唔係普通筆記
Based on your expression just now, I guess you already know that this isn't an ordinary notebook.
[Lit. see-arrive you just-not (possessive particle) expression, I think you already know-already, this (counter) isn't ordinary (possessive particle) notebook.]
detail 你哋遲早唔需要隱瞞
You'd have had to find out sometime, there's no point in me covering anything up.
detail 我哋動機唔知道
We don't even know what his motive is.
[Lit. we even he what motive also not-know [particle].]
detail 啱啱卡通好似𠵇𠺫唔知發生
The anime I was watching just now seemed strange, I'm not quite sure what was going on.
[Lit. I just-now see that [counter] anime seem very strange, not-know happen what-matter]
detail 唔知點算賬
I don't know why he has a bone to pick with you.
[[literal] Don't know why he has to with you settle accounts. ]
detail 學校唔知邊度
The school is so big. I wonder which way I should actually go to find him.
[唔知 ("don't know") and 至啱 ("most correct") function as a split phrase. The slot between them can be filled by any verb phrase of interrogative nature. ]
detail 年卅晚家人喺度𨅝檯腳, 點知咁啱男朋友預訂情人節喺呢度燭光晚餐
I had my reunion dinner with my family here on Chinese New Year's Eve. Little did I know that my boyfriend made a reservation to have our candlelight dinner in this same place on Valentine's day.
detail 大家知道吹水功夫一流可以簡單天花龍鳳吸引
Everyone knows Ah Hung is really good at talking. He can capture his audience by making a simple matter so sophisticated.
detail 直覺話我知
I have a gut feeling that he stole the money.
[The two nouns "feeling" and "money" could be placed ahead of the two pronouns "I" and "he" respectively in the Cantonese version.]

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