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唔知
  m4 zi1   jyutping
  m2 zhi1   pinyin
[1] do not know [2] not sure [] Std. Chin.: 不知; 不知道 | Syn.: 唔知道


Level: 1
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
唔知

This word has been viewed 4918 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 6th Mar 2006 09:54 and last edited on 2nd Aug 2009 02:49
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Characters in this word:

 m4  -  not; no
 zi1 zi3  -  know; knowledge; inform

11 compounds containing this word:

我唔知 - "I don't know"
唔知道 - do not know
唔知幾 - extremely (lit. don't know how)
唔知醜 - shameless
唔賭唔知時運高,唔嫖唔知身體好 - 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
唔講你唔知 - not speaking and not knowing
唔知好嬲定好笑 - find sth both funny and annoying
詐唔知 - act like one doesn't know; act ignorant
唔知死 - not know the seriousness of a situation or its consequences
唔知個死字點寫 - to be oblivious to danger
Common Formations:
唔知點 - don't know how (to)

Showing 10 of 16 examples containing 唔知
detail 我唔知邊個邊度
I don't know who's delivering [lunch] where.
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 唔知!
I don't know what you're babbling about!
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 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.
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