未知

Chinese

		not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	to know; to be aware
simp. and trad. (未知)		未	知

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèizhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ zi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bī-ti

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèizhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèijhih
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-chih¹
    • Yale: wèi-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyjy
    • Palladius: вэйчжи (vɛjčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 未知 胃汁

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁶ zi¹
    • Yale: meih jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-ti
    • Tâi-lô: bī-ti
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixdy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²⁻²¹ ti⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹⁻²² ti³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi²²⁻²¹ ti⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi³³⁻¹¹ ti⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi³³⁻²¹ ti⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: mj+jH trje

Rime
Character	未	知
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	無沸切	陟移切
Baxter	mj+jH	trje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉiH/	/ʈiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɨiH/	/ʈiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/miuəiH/	/ȶjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mujH/	/ʈiə̆/
Li Rong	/miuəiH/	/ȶie/
Wang Li	/mĭwəiH/	/ȶǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mwe̯iH/	/ȶie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi	zhī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei6	zi1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m[ə]t-s  tre/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯds  ʔl'e/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	未	知
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wèi	zhī
Middle Chinese	‹ mjɨjH ›	‹ trje ›
Old Chinese	/*m[ə]t-s/	/*tre/
English	not yet	know
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	未	知
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12917	11495
Phonetic component	未	矢
Rime group	隊	支
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	未
Old Chinese	/*mɯds/	/*ʔl'e/
Notes	從屮從木與芔字同根， 陳獨秀雲木上加屮象幼枝	沈兼士依韻會所引說文從口矢聲

Adjective

未知

1. unknown

Antonyms

• 已知 (yǐzhī)

Derived terms

• 未知數／未知数 (wèizhīshù)
• 未知領域／未知领域 (wèizhī lǐngyù)

 

Verb

未知

1. (formal) to not know

   • 於乎小子，未知臧否。匪手攜之，言示之事。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     於乎小子，未知臧否。匪手携之，言示之事。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yúhū xiǎozǐ, wèizhī zāngpǐ. Fěi shǒu xié zhī, yán shì zhī shì. [Pinyin]

     Ere you knew right from wrong, my son, I held your hand, and led you on.

   • 又有可怪者。上帝惡世人罪惡，破天淵之水，以盡滅之，又俯念以色列盡戮埃及長子。此時其「不忍仁愛之性」未知何處去。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 1961, ​Kim Yeong'ik (金永益), 《西敎辨》

     U yu ga goe ja. Sangje o sein joeak, pa cheon yeon ji su, i jin myeol ji, u bunyeom Isaengnyeol jin ryuk Aegup jangja. Chasi gi "burin inae ji seong" miji hacheo geo. [Sino-Korean]

     There is another strange thing. God hating the sins of the people of the world, he broke open the waters of the heavenly vaults and annihilated them all thereby; and looking down upon Israel, he massacred all of Egypt's eldest sons. I do not know where this "kindhearted nature which cannot bear [to punish]" was to be found at those times.

Antonyms

• 已知 (yǐzhī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
未	知
み Grade: 4	ち Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みち [míꜜchì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mʲit͡ɕi]

Noun

未(み)知(ち) • (michi) 

1. unknown

Antonyms

• 既知(きち) (kichi)