可想而知

Chinese

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss	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. (可想而知)		可	想	而	知

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěxiǎng'érzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄦˊ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² soeng² ji⁴ zi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó-sióng-jî-ti

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěxiǎng'érzhī [Phonetic: kéxiǎngérzhī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄦˊ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěsiǎng-érjhih
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³-hsiang³-êrh²-chih¹
    • Yale: kě-syǎng-ér-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keesheangerljy
    • Palladius: кэсянъэрчжи (kɛsjanʺerčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² soeng² ji⁴ zi¹
    • Yale: hó séung yìh jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² soeng² ji⁴ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² sêng² yi⁴ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ sœːŋ³⁵ jiː²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-sióng-jî-ti
    • Tâi-lô: khó-sióng-jî-ti
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoysiofngji'dy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zi²³⁻³³ ti⁴⁴/

Idiom

可想而知

1. one can well imagine