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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 4952 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 all 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.
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 唔知邊度
We don't know where he has wandered off to.
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. ]
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