不知所終

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)	end; finish
trad. (不知所終)		不知	所	終
simp. (不知所终)		不知	所	终

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhīsuǒzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ so² zung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhīsuǒzhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhihsuǒjhong
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih¹-so³-chung¹
    • Yale: bù-jr̄-swǒ-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujysuoojong
    • Palladius: бучжисочжун (bučžisočžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ so² zung¹
    • Yale: bāt jī só jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ so² dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ so² zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ sɔː³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

不知所終

1. to not know what has become of someone; to not know someone's whereabouts; to not know what happened to someone