怎知

Chinese

		how	to know; to be aware
simp. and trad. (怎知)		怎	知

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zěnzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄣˇ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam² zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zěnzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄣˇ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zěnjhih
    • Wade–Giles: tsên³-chih¹
    • Yale: dzěn-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeenjy
    • Palladius: цзэньчжи (czɛnʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam² zi¹
    • Yale: jám jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam² dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem² ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Adverb

怎知

1. who would have thought; little did one know; how was one to know

Phrase

怎知

1. (rhetorical question) how would [someone] know; [someone] doesn't know

Synonyms

• (Mandarin) 誰料／谁料
• (Mandarin, Hakka) 哪知 (nǎzhī)
• (Cantonese) 點知／点知
• (Hokkien) 曷知