知 (zi1 zi3 | zhi1 zhi4) : know; knowledge; inform

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知

zi1 zi3

zhi1 zhi4

[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

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Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 矢 (#111)

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

知

Don't confuse with:
和

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冷暖自知 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)

知道 zi1 dou6*3 zhi1 dao4/5 = to know

我唔知 ngo5 m4 zi1 = "I don't know" 粵

不知道 bat1 zi1 dou6*3 bu4 zhi1 dao4 = do not know 國

唔知道 m4 zi1 dou6*3 m2 zhi1 dao4 = do not know 粵

唔知 m4 zi1 m2 zhi1 = do not know; not sure 粵

未知 mei6 zi1 wei4 zhi1 = unknown

早知 zou2 zi1 = know earlier

知識 zi1 sik1 zhi1 shi5 = knowledge; learning

知名 zi1 ming4 zhi1 ming2 = well known, famous
See all 177 compounds (CantoDict reports 182 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 33 examples containing 知

我唔知邊個送邊度粵
I don't know who's delivering [lunch] where.

我知你想點粵
I know what you want

我唔知你嘅地埗喺邊度。粵
I don't know where your address is.
[Lit. I not know your address at where.]

我都唔知點算粵
I don't know what to do either.
[[set phrase]]

我唔知食乜。粵
I don't know what to eat.

唔知點解呢排成日都頭痛呀。粵
I don't know why I've been getting so many headaches lately.

你一有消息就通知我啦。
Once you have the news then let me know.

都唔知你噏乜! 粵
I don't know what you're babbling about!

我乜嘢都知道晒！粵
I have discovered all.

因為唔知底細，所以暫時叫佢紅鬼粵
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.)]

唔好嘈住我啦，唔知有幾多嘢做粵 ?!
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.]

你知嘛﹐林仔係特登嚟睇你㗎。粵
Young Lam has come especially to see you, you know.
[係...㗎 (or 嘅) is used to emphasize a fact.]

唔知阿蓮要去唔去。粵
Not sure whether Ah Lin wants to go or not.

雖然只係上台分享下自己嘅經歷，但唔知點解好自然會覺得怯場。粵
Although merely sharing my experiences on stage, I do not know why I would naturally get stage fright.

隨口講佢著衫獨沽一味，點知佢借啲意隔日就買反一櫃嘅新衫粵
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.

我以為有個攝影師做男朋友，佢一定會幫我影好多靚相，殊不知佢一張相都冇幫我影過。粵
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.

唔知喺大陸被捉通姦會唔會打靶嘅呵粵
I wonder if one would be shot dead if one is caught committing adultery in mainland China.

若要人不知除非己莫為
[1] The best way to hide a misdeed is not to commit it. [2] What is done by night appears by day.

真係住得背，而家先知佢移民咗！粵
I am really not well informed. It is now that I learn he has migrated.

我知道呢個係不爭嘅事實粵
I know this is the undeniable truth.

而家啲細路真係身在福中不知福！粵
Children nowadays really don't know how fortunate they are.

佢住喺座山度，不知幾咁隔涉，連車都行唔到粵
He lives up on a mountain, really secluded, you can't even reach it by car.

鬼知佢尋晚去咗邊。粵
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]

唔知佢揗咗去邊度。粵
We don't know where he has wandered off to.

見到你頭先嘅樣，我諗你已經知道咗呢本唔係普通嘅筆記啦粵
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.]

你哋遲早會知，我都唔需要隱瞞粵
You'd have had to find out sometime, there's no point in me covering anything up.

我哋連佢咩動機都唔知道呀粵
We don't even know what his motive is.
[Lit. we even he what motive also not-know [particle].]

我啱啱睇嗰套卡通好似好𠵇𠺫，唔知發生咩事粵
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]

唔知點解佢要搵你算賬。粵
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. ]

學校咁大﹐唔知去邊度搵佢至啱。粵
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. ]

年卅晚同家人喺度𨅝檯腳, 點知得咁啱男朋友又預訂咗情人節喺呢度食燭光晚餐。粵
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.

大家都知道亞雄吹水功夫一流，佢可以將一件簡單嘅事講到天花龍鳳嚟吸引人。粵
Everyone knows Ah Hung is really good at talking. He can capture his audience by making a simple matter so sophisticated.

直覺話我知﹐錢係佢偷嘅。粵
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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