不知不覺

See also: 不知不觉

Chinese

		to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of; to wonder if	to be unconscious; to be unwitting; to not have noticed to be unconscious; to be unwitting; to not have noticed; to be unaware
trad. (不知不覺)		不知	不覺
simp. (不知不觉)		不知	不觉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhī-bùjué

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ bat¹ gok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-ti-put-kak / put-chai-put-kak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhī-bùjué
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhihbùjyué
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih¹-pu⁴-chüeh²
    • Yale: bù-jr̄-bù-jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujybujyue
    • Palladius: бучжибуцзюэ (bučžibuczjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ bat¹ gok³
    • Yale: bāt jī bāt gok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ bat⁷ gok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ bed¹ gog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ kɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-ti-put-kak
    • Tâi-lô: put-ti-put-kak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putdi'putkag
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ kak̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ kak̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-chai-put-kak
    • Tâi-lô: put-tsai-put-kak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putzai'putkag
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ kak̚³²/

Idiom

不知不覺

1. unconsciously; unwittingly
   • 2002, Xu Wei (lyrics and music), “時光 [shíguāng, Time]”, in 時光·漫步 [Time, Stroll], performed by Xu Wei:

     在不知不覺的一瞬間　又想起你 [MSC, trad.]
     在不知不觉的一瞬间　又想起你 [MSC, simp.]

     Zài bùzhībùjué de yīshùnjiān, Yòu xiǎngqǐ nǐ [Pinyin]

     In an instant / I remembered you unconsciously

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 不經不覺／不经不觉, 唔經唔覺／唔经唔觉