人不知，鬼不覺

See also: 人不知，鬼不觉

Chinese

		man; person; people	not; no	to know; to be aware		ghost; sly; crafty	not; no	feel; find that; thinking feel; find that; thinking; awake; aware; a nap; a sleep
trad. (人不知，鬼不覺)		人	不	知	，	鬼	不	覺
simp. (人不知，鬼不觉)		人	不	知	，	鬼	不	觉
Literally: “people don't know it, and ghosts don't feel it”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rén bù zhī, guǐ bù jué

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ , ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rén bù zhī, guǐ bù jué
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ , ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rén bù jhih, guěi bù jyué
    • Wade–Giles: jên² pu⁴ chih¹, kuei³ pu⁴ chüeh²
    • Yale: rén bù jr̄-, gwěi bù jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ren bu jy, goei bu jyue
    • Palladius: жэнь бу чжи, гуй бу цзюэ (žɛnʹ bu čži, guj bu czjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/

Idiom

人不知，鬼不覺

1. very secret or mysterious

See also

• 神不知，鬼不覺／神不知，鬼不觉