神不知鬼不覺

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	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	ghost; sly; crafty	to be unconscious; to be unwitting; to not have noticed to be unconscious; to be unwitting; to not have noticed; to be unaware
trad. (神不知鬼不覺)		神	不知	鬼	不覺
simp. (神不知鬼不觉)		神	不知	鬼	不觉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shén bùzhī guǐ bùjué

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ bat¹ zi¹ gwai² bat¹ gok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shén bùzhī guǐ bùjué
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shén bùjhih guěi bùjyué
    • Wade–Giles: shên² pu⁴-chih¹ kuei³ pu⁴-chüeh²
    • Yale: shén bù-jr̄ gwěi bù-jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shern bujy goei bujyue
    • Palladius: шэнь бучжи гуй буцзюэ (šɛnʹ bučži guj buczjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ bat¹ zi¹ gwai² bat¹ gok³
    • Yale: sàhn bāt jī gwái bāt gok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ bat⁷ dzi¹ gwai² bat⁷ gok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ bed¹ ji¹ guei² bed¹ gog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ kɔːk̚³/

Idiom

神不知鬼不覺

1. unbeknownst to anybody