不知所云

Chinese

		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	actually; place; (nominalization prefix)	(classical) to say
simp. and trad. (不知所云)		不知	所	云

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùzhīsuǒyún

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄩㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ so² wan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhīsuǒyún
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄩㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhihsuǒyún
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih¹-so³-yün²
  - Yale: bù-jr̄-swǒ-yún
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujysuooyun
  - Palladius: бучжисоюнь (bučžisojunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ yn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ so² wan⁴
  - Yale: bāt jī só wàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ so² wan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ so² wen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ sɔː³⁵ wɐn²¹/

Idiom

不知所云

to not know what someone is driving at; to be unintelligible
- 今當遠離，臨表涕泣，不知所云。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  今当远离，临表涕泣，不知所云。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 227 AD, Zhuge Liang, Chu Shi Biao
  Jīn dāng yuǎnlí, lín biǎo tìqì, bùzhīsuǒyún. [Pinyin]
  I am going to leave Your Majesty soon. Now, as I read this memorial, I am unable to hold back my tears and I do not know what to say.

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 鴨仔聽雷／鸭仔听雷

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