不得而知 bù dé ér zhī — unknown
bù (fourth tone, falling) dé (second tone, rising) ér (second tone, rising) zhī (first tone, high and level)bu4 de2 er2 zhi1
unknown
Levels 7–9· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standardverb
Meanings
unknown
unknown; unable to find out
verb
Character breakdown
Words containing 不
- 不bù (fourth tone, falling)not (negates verbs, adjectives and modal verbs)
- 不要bù (fourth tone, falling) yào (fourth tone, falling)don't!
- 不错不錯bù (fourth tone, falling) cuò (fourth tone, falling)correct
- 不同bù (fourth tone, falling) tóng (second tone, rising)different
- 不断不斷búduàn (second tone, rising)continuously, unceasingly
- 不过不過búguò (second tone, rising)but, however (a lighter contrast than 但是)
- 不如bùrú (fourth tone, falling)to be not as good as; had better
- 不再bù (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling)no more
- 不用bù (fourth tone, falling) yòng (fourth tone, falling)need not
- 不少bù (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)many
- 不但búdàn (second tone, rising)not only … (but also)
- 差不多chàbuduō (fourth tone, falling)about the same, close enough, not much different
- 不然bùrán (fourth tone, falling)otherwise, or else
- 不管bùguǎn (fourth tone, falling)no matter (what/how…), regardless of
- 不足bùzú (fourth tone, falling)insufficient, inadequate; a shortcoming
- 不够不夠bù (fourth tone, falling) gòu (fourth tone, falling)not enough
- 不行bù (fourth tone, falling) xíng (second tone, rising)won't do
- 不仅不僅bù (fourth tone, falling) jǐn (third tone, dipping)not only (this one)
Words containing 知
- 知道zhīdào (first tone, high and level)to know (a fact)
- 通知tōng (first tone, high and level) zhī (first tone, high and level)to notify
- 不知bù (fourth tone, falling) zhī (first tone, high and level)not to know
- 知识知識zhī (first tone, high and level) shi (neutral tone)intellectual
- 得知dé (second tone, rising) zhī (first tone, high and level)to find out
- 知名zhī (first tone, high and level) míng (second tone, rising)well-known; famous
- 告知gào (fourth tone, falling) zhī (first tone, high and level)to inform
- 无知無知wú (second tone, rising) zhī (first tone, high and level)ignorant
- 认知認知rèn (fourth tone, falling) zhī (first tone, high and level)cognition
- 知觉知覺zhī (first tone, high and level) jué (second tone, rising)perception
- 众所周知眾所周知zhòng (fourth tone, falling) suǒ (third tone, dipping) zhōu (first tone, high and level) zhī (first tone, high and level)see 眾所周知|众所周知[zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī]
- 不知不觉不知不覺bù (fourth tone, falling) zhī (first tone, high and level) bù (fourth tone, falling) jué (second tone, rising)unconsciously
- 不为人知不為人知bù (fourth tone, falling) wéi (second tone, rising) rén (second tone, rising) zhī (first tone, high and level)not known to anyone
- 一无所知一無所知yī (first tone, high and level) wú (second tone, rising) suǒ (third tone, dipping) zhī (first tone, high and level)not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant
- 知名度zhī (first tone, high and level) míng (second tone, rising) dù (fourth tone, falling)reputation
- 知己zhī (first tone, high and level) jǐ (third tone, dipping)to know oneself
- 知足zhī (first tone, high and level) zú (second tone, rising)content with one's situation
- 通知书通知書tōng (first tone, high and level) zhī (first tone, high and level) shū (first tone, high and level)written notice