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不知
bat1 zi1
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unknowing(ly) |
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Characters in this word:不 bat1 - not; no; un-知 zi1 zi3 - know; knowledge; inform 39 compounds containing this word:不知道 - do not know不知幾... - really..., very..., so... 不知所謂 - clueless 不知不覺 - unconsciously 知其一不知其二 - know one-side of the story; knowing half truths 誰不知 - who doesn't know 不知死活 - have no news of person dead or alive; act recklessly 無所不知 - pansophism, pansophy, all-knowing 不知好歹 - not know what's good for one 不知所云 - not know what sb is driving at; be unintelligible 不知天高地厚 - not know the immensity of heaven and earth - have an exaggerated opinion of one's abilities 不知道的 - unconscious, unknown 不知禮的 - graceless 不知疲倦的 - tireless 不知所措 - be at a loss; be at one's wits' end 不知凡幾 - can't tell how many there are - there are numerous similar cases 不知何故 - [adv] somehow 有所不知 - not to know something 知人口面不知心 - know a person's face, don't know their heart 不知所以 - perplexed 不知羞恥 - act shamelessly 無人不知 - everyone knows 不說不知 - not speaking and not knowing 不知幾爽 - extremely happy, "you have no idea how great that feels!" 不知好笑還是好怒 - find sth both funny and annoying; unable to laugh or cry at sth 不知幾 - extremely (lit. don't know how) 身在福中不知福 - when growing up in happiness, don't appreciate what happiness actually is 不知輕重 - confused (lit., "doesn't know what's light from what's heavy") 殊不知 - little did I know; never did I imagine 三不知 - to claim complete ignorance 一問三不知 - ask a question and one claims complete ignorance 知人知面不知心 - you may know a person's face, yet you don't no his or her heart; it's hard to know sb. true nature 點不知 - little did I know; never did I imagine 不知上進 - have no desire to improve oneself 不知名 - unknown; nameless 神不知鬼不覺 - unknown to god or ghost (do sth in secrecy) 不知悔改 - impenitent 若要人不知，除非己莫為 - if you don't want to be found out, don't do sth. (wrong) 知之為知之，不知為不知，是知也 - to admit that you know what you know, and admit what you don't know, that is to really know |
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Showing all 4 examples containing 不知 
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. | ||
One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:
不貲
bat1 zi1 = immeasurable; incalculable 國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. |
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