可想而知

Chinese

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	to know; to be aware
simp. and trad. (可想而知)		可	想	而	知

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kěxiǎng'érzhī

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄦˊ ㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² soeng² ji⁴ zi¹
Min Nan (POJ): khó-sióng-jî-ti

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kěxiǎng'érzhī [Phonetic: kéxiǎngérzhī]
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄦˊ ㄓ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kěsiǎng-érjhih
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo³-hsiang³-êrh²-chih¹
  - Yale: kě-syǎng-ér-jr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keesheangerljy
  - Palladius: кэсянъэрчжи (kɛsjanʺerčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho² soeng² ji⁴ zi¹
  - Yale: hó séung yìh jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho² soeng² ji⁴ dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho² sêng² yi⁴ ji¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ sœːŋ³⁵ jiː²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-sióng-jî-ti
  - Tâi-lô: khó-sióng-jî-ti
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoysiofngji'dy
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ʑi²³⁻³³ ti⁴⁴/

Idiom

可想而知

one can well imagine

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