"不得而知" meaning in All languages combined

See 不得而知 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ jiː²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴⁻²² ti⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tit̚⁵⁻²⁴ li²⁴⁻²² ti³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /put̚³²⁻⁵ tit̚³²⁻⁵ li¹³⁻²² ti⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴⁻¹¹ ti⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²³⁻³³ ti⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/, /pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ jiː²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴⁻²² ti⁴⁴/, /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tit̚⁵⁻²⁴ li²⁴⁻²² ti³³/, /put̚³²⁻⁵ tit̚³²⁻⁵ li¹³⁻²² ti⁴⁴/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴⁻¹¹ ti⁴⁴/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²³⁻³³ ti⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: bùdé'érzhī [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄦˊ ㄓ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bat¹ dak¹ ji⁴ zi¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], put-tit-lî-ti, bùdé'érzhī [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bùdé-érjhih [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pu⁴-tê²-êrh²-chih¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bù-dé-ér-jr̄ [Mandarin, Yale], budererljy [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], будээрчжи [Mandarin, Palladius], budɛerčži [Mandarin, Palladius], bāt dāk yìh jī [Cantonese, Yale], bat⁷ dak⁷ ji⁴ dzi¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bed¹ deg¹ yi⁴ ji¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], put-tit-lî-ti [Hokkien, POJ], put-tit-lî-ti [Hokkien, Tai-lo], putditli'dy [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 不得而知
  1. to be unable to know or find out; to remain unknown; to be unable to ascertain Tags: idiomatic
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      "glosses": [
        "to be unable to know or find out; to remain unknown; to be unable to ascertain"
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      "id": "en-不得而知-zh-phrase-yEIlEeO8",
      "links": [
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          "unable",
          "unable"
        ],
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          "know",
          "know"
        ],
        [
          "find",
          "find"
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        [
          "out",
          "out"
        ],
        [
          "remain",
          "remain"
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          "unknown",
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          "ascertain",
          "ascertain"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùdé'érzhī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄦˊ ㄓ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ dak¹ ji⁴ zi¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-tit-lî-ti"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùdé'érzhī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùdé-érjhih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-tê²-êrh²-chih¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-dé-ér-jr̄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "budererljy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "будээрчжи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "budɛerčži"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt dāk yìh jī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ dak⁷ ji⁴ dzi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ deg¹ yi⁴ ji¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ jiː²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-tit-lî-ti"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-tit-lî-ti"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putditli'dy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴⁻²² ti⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tit̚⁵⁻²⁴ li²⁴⁻²² ti³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ tit̚³²⁻⁵ li¹³⁻²² ti⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴⁻¹¹ ti⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²³⁻³³ ti⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ jiː²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴⁻²² ti⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tit̚⁵⁻²⁴ li²⁴⁻²² ti³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ tit̚³²⁻⁵ li¹³⁻²² ti⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴⁻¹¹ ti⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²³⁻³³ ti⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不得而知"
}
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 得",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 知",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 而",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Hokkien lemmas",
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        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
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        "Pages with entries"
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      "glosses": [
        "to be unable to know or find out; to remain unknown; to be unable to ascertain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unable",
          "unable"
        ],
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ],
        [
          "find",
          "find"
        ],
        [
          "out",
          "out"
        ],
        [
          "remain",
          "remain"
        ],
        [
          "unknown",
          "unknown"
        ],
        [
          "ascertain",
          "ascertain"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùdé'érzhī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄦˊ ㄓ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ dak¹ ji⁴ zi¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-tit-lî-ti"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùdé'érzhī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùdé-érjhih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-tê²-êrh²-chih¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-dé-ér-jr̄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "budererljy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "будээрчжи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "budɛerčži"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt dāk yìh jī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ dak⁷ ji⁴ dzi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ deg¹ yi⁴ ji¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ jiː²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-tit-lî-ti"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-tit-lî-ti"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putditli'dy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴⁻²² ti⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tit̚⁵⁻²⁴ li²⁴⁻²² ti³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ tit̚³²⁻⁵ li¹³⁻²² ti⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴⁻¹¹ ti⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²³⁻³³ ti⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ jiː²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴⁻²² ti⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tit̚⁵⁻²⁴ li²⁴⁻²² ti³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ tit̚³²⁻⁵ li¹³⁻²² ti⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴⁻¹¹ ti⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²³⁻³³ ti⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不得而知"
}

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