不知者無罪

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	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)	innocent; blameless; sinless innocent; blameless; sinless; not guilty
trad. (不知者無罪)		不知	者	無罪
simp. (不知者无罪)		不知	者	无罪
Literally: “One who does not know is not guilty.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhī zhě wúzuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄓㄜˇ ㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ ze² mou⁴ zeoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhī zhě wúzuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄓㄜˇ ㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhih jhě wúzuèi
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih¹ chê³ wu²-tsui⁴
    • Yale: bù-jr̄ jě wú-dzwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujy jee wutzuey
    • Palladius: бучжи чжэ уцзуй (bučži čžɛ uczuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ ze² mou⁴ zeoi⁶
    • Yale: bāt jī jé mòuh jeuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ dze² mou⁴ dzoey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ zé² mou⁴ zêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵ mou̯²¹ t͡sɵy̯²²/

Proverb

不知者無罪

1. One who errs unknowingly need not be held responsible.

Synonyms

• 不知者不罪 (bùzhī zhě bù zuì)

Antonyms

• 知者有罪