不知所云

Chinese

		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	actually; place; (nominalization prefix)	(classical) to say
simp. and trad. (不知所云)		不知	所	云

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhīsuǒyún

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ so² wan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhīsuǒyún
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhihsuǒyún
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih¹-so³-yün²
    • Yale: bù-jr̄-swǒ-yún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujysuooyun
    • Palladius: бучжисоюнь (bučžisojunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ yn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ so² wan⁴
    • Yale: bāt jī só wàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ so² wan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ so² wen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ sɔː³⁵ wɐn²¹/

Idiom

不知所云

1. to not know what someone is driving at; to be unintelligible

   • 今當遠離，臨表涕泣，不知所云。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     今当远离，临表涕泣，不知所云。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 227 AD, Zhuge Liang, Chu Shi Biao

     Jīn dāng yuǎnlí, lín biǎo tìqì, bùzhīsuǒyún. [Pinyin]

     I am going to leave Your Majesty soon. Now, as I read this memorial, I am unable to hold back my tears and I do not know what to say.

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 鴨仔聽雷／鸭仔听雷