我不知道

Chinese

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		I; me	not; no	to know; to be aware of; to understand
trad. (我不知道)		我	不	知道
simp. ^#(我不知道)		我	不	知道

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǒ bù zhīdào, wǒ bù dào

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄉㄠˋ, ㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁵ bat¹ zi¹ dou³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǒ bù zhīdào → wǒ bù zhīdao (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄉㄠˋ → ㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ˙ㄉㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǒ bù jhihdåo
  - Wade–Giles: wo³ pu⁴ chih¹-tao⁵
  - Yale: wǒ bù jr̄-dau
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woo bu jy.daw
  - Palladius: во бу чжидао (vo bu čžidao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/ → /wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d̥ɑʊ̯²/
- (Standard Chinese, contraction)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǒ bù dào [Phonetic: wǒ bú dào]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǒ bù dào
  - Wade–Giles: wo³ pu⁴ tao⁴
  - Yale: wǒ bù dàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woo bu daw
  - Palladius: во бу дао (vo bu dao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngo⁵ bat¹ zi¹ dou³
  - Yale: ngóh bāt jī dou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁵ bat⁷ dzi¹ dou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁵ bed¹ ji¹ dou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː¹³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ tou̯³³/

Phrase

我不知道

I don't know.

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 我唔知道 (ngo5 m4 zi1 dou3), 我唔知 (ngo5 m4 zi1), 我唔識／我唔识 (ngo5 m4 sik1)
(Northern Min) 我𣍐曉得／我𫧃晓得, 我𣍐得知／我𫧃得知
(Min Nan) 我毋知影 (góa m̄-chai-iáⁿ), 我毋知 (góa m̄-chai)