不得而知

Chinese

		must not; should not; not be allowed must not; should not; not be allowed; to not receive	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	to know; to be aware
simp. and trad. (不得而知)		不得	而	知

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùdé'érzhī

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄦˊ ㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ dak¹ ji⁴ zi¹
Min Nan (POJ): put-tit-lî-ti

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùdé'érzhī
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄦˊ ㄓ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùdé-érjhih
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tê²-êrh²-chih¹
  - Yale: bù-dé-ér-jr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: budererljy
  - Palladius: будээрчжи (budɛerčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵⁻⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ dak¹ ji⁴ zi¹
  - Yale: bāt dāk yìh jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dak⁷ ji⁴ dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ deg¹ yi⁴ ji¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ jiː²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-tit-lî-ti
  - Tâi-lô: put-tit-lî-ti
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putditli'dy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴⁻²² ti⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tit̚⁵⁻²⁴ li²⁴⁻²² ti³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ tit̚³²⁻⁵ li¹³⁻²² ti⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴⁻¹¹ ti⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²³⁻³³ ti⁴⁴/

Idiom

不得而知

to be unable to know or find out; to remain unknown; to be unable to ascertain

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