知己知彼

Chinese

		to know; to be aware	6th heavenly stem; self	to know; to be aware	that; those; (one) another)
simp. and trad. (知己知彼)		知	己	知	彼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhījǐzhībǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄐㄧˇ ㄓㄅㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ gei² zi¹ bei², zi¹ gei² zi¹ pei²
Min Nan (POJ): ti-kí-ti-pí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhījǐzhībǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄐㄧˇ ㄓㄅㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhihjǐjhihbǐ
  - Wade–Giles: chih¹-chi³-chih¹-pi³
  - Yale: jr̄-jǐ-jr̄-bǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyjiijybii
  - Palladius: чжицзичжиби (čžiczičžibi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹ gei² zi¹ bei², zi¹ gei² zi¹ pei²
  - Yale: jī géi jī béi, jī géi jī péi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ gei² dzi¹ bei², dzi¹ gei² dzi¹ pei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ géi² ji¹ béi², ji¹ géi² ji¹ péi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ kei̯³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ pei̯³⁵/, /t͡siː⁵⁵ kei̯³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ pʰei̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti-kí-ti-pí
  - Tâi-lô: ti-kí-ti-pí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: di'ky'di'pie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻²² pi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ti³³ ki⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ti³³ pi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻²² pi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁴¹/

Idiom

知己知彼

to know yourself and know the enemy

Synonyms

知彼知己 (zhībǐzhījǐ)

Derived terms

知己知彼，百戰不殆／知己知彼，百战不殆 (zhījǐzhībǐ, bǎizhànbùdài)

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