不知所措

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	actually; place; (nominalization prefix)	put in order; arrange; administer put in order; arrange; administer; execute; take action on
simp. and trad. (不知所措)		不知	所	措

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhīsuǒcuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄘㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ so² cou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhīsuǒcuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄘㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhihsuǒcuò
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih¹-so³-tsʻo⁴
    • Yale: bù-jr̄-swǒ-tswò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujysuootsuoh
    • Palladius: бучжисоцо (bučžisoco)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ so² cou³
    • Yale: bāt jī só chou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ so² tsou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ so² cou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ sɔː³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³³/

Idiom

不知所措

1. to be at a loss for what to do; to lose one's bearings