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不知

bù zhī

2-character word

What 不知 means

1. not to know
2. unaware
3. unknowingly
4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)

The characters in 不知

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 知zhīto know; to be aware

Example sentences

• 不知道。
  Don't know.
• 我不知道。
  I have no idea.
• 不知道啊。
  I don't know.
• 他不知道。
  He didn't know that.

Words starting with 不知

• 不知不觉bù zhī bù jué(idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly
• 不知所措bù zhī suǒ cuònot knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end; embarrassed and at a complete loss
• 不知所云bù zhī suǒ yúnto not know what sb is driving at; to be unintelligible
• 不知去向bù zhī qù xiàngwhereabouts unknown; gone missing
• 不知何故bù zhī hé gùsomehow
• 不知好歹bù zhī hǎo dǎiunable to differentiate good from bad (idiom); not to know what's good for one…
• 不知就里bù zhī jiù lǐunaware of the inner workings; naive; unwitting
• 不知所之bù zhī suǒ zhīwhereabouts unknown
• 不知所以bù zhī suǒ yǐ(idiom) to not know the reason; (idiom) to not know what to do
• 不知者不罪bù zhī zhě bù zuìOne who does not know is not guilty; If one does not know any better, one cannot be held…
• 不知死活bù zhī sǐ huóto act recklessly (idiom)
• 不知所终bù zhī suǒ zhōng(idiom) to vanish without a trace; to go missing
• 不知轻重bù zhī qīng zhònglit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things…
• 不知进退bù zhī jìn tuìnot knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety

Words containing 不知

• 殊不知shū bù zhīlittle imagined; scarcely realized
• 恬不知耻tián bù zhī chǐto have no sense of shame
• 神不知鬼不觉shén bù zhī guǐ bù juétop secret; hush-hush
• 人事不知rén shì bù zhīto have lost consciousness
• 无人不知wú rén bù zhīknown to everybody
• 无所不知wú suǒ bù zhīomniscient
• 食不知味shí bù zhī wèilit. to eat without tasting the food; worried or downhearted (idiom)

Sounds the same

Read bù zhī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 不支to be unable to endure