不得而知

Chinese

		must not; should not; not be allowed must not; should not; not be allowed; to not receive	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	to know; to be aware
simp. and trad. (不得而知)		不得	而	知

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùdé'érzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄦˊ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ dak¹ ji⁴ zi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-tit-lî-ti

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùdé'érzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄦˊ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùdé-érjhih
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tê²-êrh²-chih¹
    • Yale: bù-dé-ér-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: budererljy
    • Palladius: будээрчжи (budɛerčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ dak¹ ji⁴ zi¹
    • Yale: bāt dāk yìh jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dak⁷ ji⁴ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ deg¹ yi⁴ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ jiː²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-tit-lî-ti
    • Tâi-lô: put-tit-lî-ti
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putditli'dy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴⁻²² ti⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tit̚⁵⁻²⁴ li²⁴⁻²² ti³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ tit̚³²⁻⁵ li¹³⁻²² ti⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴⁻¹¹ ti⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²³⁻³³ ti⁴⁴/

Idiom

不得而知

1. to be unable to know or find out; to remain unknown; to be unable to ascertain