我不知道

Chinese

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		I; me	not; no	to know; to be aware of; to understand
trad. (我不知道)		我	不	知道
simp. #(我不知道)		我	不	知道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǒ bù zhīdào, wǒ bù dào

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄉㄠˋ, ㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁵ bat¹ zi¹ dou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǒ bù zhīdào → wǒ bù zhīdao (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄉㄠˋ → ㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ˙ㄉㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǒ bù jhihdåo
    • Wade–Giles: wo³ pu⁴ chih¹-tao⁵
    • Yale: wǒ bù jr̄-dau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woo bu jy.daw
    • Palladius: во бу чжидао (vo bu čžidao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/ → /wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d̥ɑʊ̯²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, contraction)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǒ bù dào [Phonetic: wǒ bú dào]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǒ bù dào
    • Wade–Giles: wo³ pu⁴ tao⁴
    • Yale: wǒ bù dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woo bu daw
    • Palladius: во бу дао (vo bu dao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngo⁵ bat¹ zi¹ dou³
    • Yale: ngóh bāt jī dou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁵ bat⁷ dzi¹ dou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁵ bed¹ ji¹ dou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː¹³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ tou̯³³/

Phrase

我不知道

1. I don't know.

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 我唔知道 (ngo5 m4 zi1 dou3), 我唔知 (ngo5 m4 zi1), 我唔識／我唔识 (ngo5 m4 sik1)
• (Northern Min) 我𣍐曉得／我𫧃晓得, 我𣍐得知／我𫧃得知
• (Min Nan) 我毋知影 (góa m̄-chai-iáⁿ), 我毋知 (góa m̄-chai)