怎知

Chinese

		how	to know; to be aware
simp. and trad. (怎知)		怎	知

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zěnzhī

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄣˇ ㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zam² zi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zěnzhī
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄣˇ ㄓ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zěnjhih
  - Wade–Giles: tsên³-chih¹
  - Yale: dzěn-jr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeenjy
  - Palladius: цзэньчжи (czɛnʹčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zam² zi¹
  - Yale: jám jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzam² dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zem² ji¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Adverb

怎知

who would have thought; little did one know; how was one to know

Phrase

怎知

(rhetorical question) how would [someone] know; [someone] doesn't know

Synonyms

(Mandarin) 誰料／谁料
(Mandarin, Hakka) 哪知 (nǎzhī)
(Cantonese) 點知／点知
(Hokkien) 曷知

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