殊不知

Chinese

		unique	to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of; to wonder if
trad. (殊不知)		殊	不知
simp. #(殊不知)		殊	不知

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūbùzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu⁴ bat¹ zi¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): su⁵ bug⁴ zai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūbùzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shubùjhih
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-pu⁴-chih¹
    • Yale: shū-bù-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shubujy
    • Palladius: шубучжи (šubučži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu⁴ bat¹ zi¹
    • Yale: syùh bāt jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy⁴ bat⁷ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu⁴ bed¹ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: su⁵ bug⁴ zai¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sû puk tsai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵⁻¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ t͡sai³³/

Verb

殊不知

1. to have been scarcely imagined, expected or realised

Usage notes

This Chinese verb can often be translated into the English phrase who would have thought that...