知道
Chinese
editPronunciation 1
edit| to know; to be aware | direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (知道) | 知 | 道 | |
| simp. #(知道) | 知 | 道 | |
| alternative forms | 知到 chiefly Cantonese | ||
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zi1 dao4
- (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): zhǐdao
- (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): zhiìdao
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җыдо (žɨdo, I-I)
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zi1 dou3 / zi1 dou6
- (Dongguan, Jyutping++): dai1 dou3
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zi1 dou3 / zi1 dou6
- Jin (Wiktionary): zi1 dau3
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄉㄠˋ → ㄓ ˙ㄉㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhihdåo
- Wade–Giles: chih1-tao5
- Yale: jr̄-dau
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy.daw
- Palladius: чжидао (čžidao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d̥ɑʊ̯²/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: zi1 dao4
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zdao
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ tau²¹³/
- (Xi'an)
- Guanzhong Pinyin: zhǐdao
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹ tau/
- (Nanjing)
- Nanjing Pinyin: zhiìdao
- Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): zhii1 dao0
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³¹ tɔ/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җыдо (žɨdo, I-I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ tɔ²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zi1 dou3 / zi1 dou6
- Yale: jī dou / jī douh
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi1 dou3 / dzi1 dou6
- Guangdong Romanization: ji1 dou3 / ji1 dou6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ tou̯³³/, /t͡siː⁵⁵ tou̯²²/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
- Jyutping++: dai1 dou3
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɐi²¹³ tɔu³²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: zi1 dau3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sz̩¹¹ tau⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Southern Min
Verb
edit知道
- to know (something); to be aware of
- to understand
Synonyms
edit- (to know):
Dialectal synonyms of 知道 (“to know (something)”) [map]
- (to understand):
- 了解 (liǎojiě)
- 佔有 / 占有 (zhànyǒu)
- 分曉 / 分晓 (fēnxiǎo)
- 參悟 / 参悟 (cānwù)
- 悟 (wù) (literary, or in compounds)
- 懂 (dǒng)
- 懂得 (dǒngde)
- 打生 (Wenzhounese)
- 把握 (bǎwò)
- 掌握 (zhǎngwò)
- 明 (ming4) (Cantonese)
- 明白
- 明瞭 / 明了 (míngliǎo)
- 曉得 / 晓得 (xiǎode)
- 會悟 / 会悟 (huìwù) (literary)
- 洞悉 (dòngxī)
- 清亮 (mainland China)
- 清楚
- 熟似 (Hokkien)
- 熟悉 (shúxī)
- 熟稔 (shúrěn) (literary)
- 熟識 / 熟识 (shúshí)
- 理會 / 理会 (lǐhuì)
- 理解 (lǐjiě)
- 瞭悟 / 了悟 (liǎowù) (literary)
- 知影 (Hokkien, Teochew)
- 知悉 (zhīxī) (literary)
- 知曉 / 知晓 (zhīxiǎo)
- 知識 / 知识 (zhīshí) (literary)
- 覺 / 觉
- 覺悟 / 觉悟 (juéwù)
- 覺醒 / 觉醒 (juéxǐng)
- 認識 / 认识
- 諳曉 / 谙晓 (ānxiǎo) (literary)
- 諳達 / 谙达 (āndá) (literary)
- 貫通 / 贯通 (guàntōng)
- 通曉 / 通晓 (tōngxiǎo)
- 通解 (tōngjiě) (literary)
- 通達 / 通达 (tōngdá)
- 達 / 达 (literary, or in compounds)
- 醒悟 (xǐngwù)
- 開悟 / 开悟 (kāiwù) (literary)
- 領悟 / 领悟 (lǐngwù)
- 領會 / 领会 (lǐnghuì)
- 領略 / 领略 (lǐnglüè)
Derived terms
editSee also
editPronunciation 2
edit| to know; to be aware | direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (知道) | 知 | 道 | |
| simp. #(知道) | 知 | 道 | |
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄉㄠˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhihdào
- Wade–Giles: chih1-tao4
- Yale: jr̄-dàu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jydaw
- Palladius: чжидао (čžidao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zi1 dou6
- Yale: jī douh
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi1 dou6
- Guangdong Romanization: ji1 dou6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ tou̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: trje dawX
Verb
edit知⫽道 (verb-object)
- (literary, Taoism, Confucianism) to know the Way, or, the Tao; to understand the principles well
- 近日武、漢之間，有數人行事亦怪，有一人類知道者。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: circa early 1600s, Yuan Hongdao,《醉叟傳》, tr. Jonathan Chaves, 1978
- Jìnrì wǔ, hàn zhījiān, yǒu shù rén xíngshì yì guài, yǒu yīrén lèi zhīdào zhě. [Pinyin]
- Recently, several people in the Wu-han area have been acting quite strange, and one of them seems to know a thing or two about the Tao.
近日武、汉之间，有数人行事亦怪，有一人类知道者。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
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