不知 meaning in English

bùzhī

not to know; unaware

HSK 7-9verb12 strokes

Meaning of 不知

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bùzhī
  1. not to know
  2. unaware
  3. unknowingly
  4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)

不知 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

那nà个ge是shì我wǒ的de。我wǒ不bù知zhī道dào你nǐ的de在zài哪nǎ里lǐ。
That's mine. I don't know where yours is.
我wǒ不bù知zhī道dào你nǐ要yào去qù哪nǎ。
I don't know where you want to go.
我wǒ不bù知zhī道dào说shuō什shén么me。
I don't know what to say.
他tā什shén么me都dōu不bù知zhī道dào。
He knows nothing.
她tā什shén么me都dōu不bù知zhī道dào。
She knows nothing.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

不 bù · no · 4 strokes

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知 zhī · to know · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 不知.

知道zhīdàoto know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
是不是shì bu shìis or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
不用bùyòngneed not
知识zhīshiknowledge; intellectual
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
不对bùduìincorrect; wrong
不客气bù kèqìyou're welcome; don't mention it
不要bùyàodon't!; must not
不过bùguòonly; merely
不错bùcuòcorrect; right
不行bùxíngwon't do; be out of the question

Questions about 不知

What does 不知 mean?

不知 (bùzhī) means "not to know; unaware" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 不知?

不知 is made of 2 characters: 不 (4 strokes), 知 (8 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 不知 an HSK word?

Yes. 不知 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.