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Meaning of 知

Pinyin zhī、 zhì

Radical

矢

Strokes

Definition

to know / to be aware

Usage

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知 [zhī] 1. Know; be aware of; understand. 晓得，明了。 2. To make someone know; inform. 使知道。 3. Knowledge; learning; scholarship. 学识，学问。 4. Administer; in charge of. 主管。 5. Mutual understanding; knowing each other. 彼此了解。 6. Close friends or acquaintances. 彼此了解、交好的人。 7. Perceiving; sensing; recognizing. 感到，感觉，察觉。 8. Participate in; have a hand in. 参与。 --- 知 (Noun) 1. Knowledge. 知识。 2. Consciousness; awareness. 知觉。 3. Bosom friend; intimate friend. 知己。 4. An ancient character for "wisdom". “智”的古字。智慧;才智。 --- 知 (Adjective) 1. Related to wisdom; intelligence. 同“智”，智慧。 2. Surname, as in the ancients like Zhi Ying (知罃). 姓。如春秋时晋国有知罃。

告知 gào zhī

to inform

知县 zhī xiàn

county head magistrate (old)

未卜先知 wèi bǔ xiān zhī

predictable / sth one can predict without being a clairvoyant

妇孺皆知 fù rú jiē zhī

understood by everyone (idiom); well known / a household name

岂不知 qǐ bù zhī

Don't you know

知己 zhī jǐ

to know oneself / to be intimate or close / intimate friend

知己知彼 zhī jǐ zhī bǐ

know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3])

已知 yǐ zhī

known (to science)

知府 zhī fǔ

prefectural magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)

知彼知己 zhī bǐ zhī jǐ

to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")

得知 dé zhī

to find out / to know / to learn about

知遇之恩 zhī yù zhī ēn

lit. the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him (idiom) / patronage / protection

恬不知耻 tián bù zhī chǐ

to have no sense of shame

知悉 zhī xī

to know / to be informed of

愚昧无知 yú mèi wú zhī

stupid and ignorant (idiom)

所知 suǒ zhī

known / what one knows

不知所措 bù zhī suǒ cuò

not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end / embarrassed and at a complete loss

罔知所措 wǎng zhī suǒ cuò

Know nothing

早知 zǎo zhī

foresight / foreknowledge / if one had known earlier,...

知晓 zhī xiǎo

to know / to understand

未知 wèi zhī

unknown

知识产权 zhī shi chǎn quán

intellectual property rights (law)

不知好歹 bù zhī hǎo dǎi

unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom) / not to know what's good for one / unable to recognize others' good intentions

殊不知 shū bù zhī

little imagined / scarcely realized

求知 qiú zhī

anxious to learn / keen for knowledge

真知灼见 zhēn zhī zhuó jiàn

penetrating insight

众所周知 zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī

as everyone knows (idiom)

焉知非福 yān zhī fēi fú

Yan Zhi Fei Fu

熟知 shú zhī

to be well acquainted with

知之甚少 zhī zhī shén shǎo

know little about / ill-informed

知道 zhī dào

to know / to become aware of / also pr. [zhi1 dao5]

人人皆知 rén rén jiē zhī

known to everyone

路人皆知 lù rén jiē zhī

understood by everyone (idiom); well known / a household name

尽人皆知 jìn rén jiē zhī

known by everyone (idiom); well known / a household name

知识 zhī shi

knowledge / CL:門|门[men2] / intellectual

知识分子 zhī shi fèn zǐ

intellectual / intelligentsia / learned person

通知 tōng zhī

to notify / to inform / notice / notification / CL:個|个[ge4]

知名 zhī míng

well-known / famous

可知 kě zhī

evidently / clearly / no wonder / knowable

明知 míng zhī

to be fully aware of / to know perfectly well

谁知 shéi zhī

lit. who knows / who would have thought / unexpectedly / unpredictably

知觉 zhī jué

perception / consciousness

不知不觉 bù zhī bù jué

unconsciously / unwittingly

基础知识 jī chǔ zhī shí

basic knowledge

他乡遇故知 tā xiāng yù gù zhī

meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)

可想而知 kě xiǎng ér zhī

it is obvious that... / as one can well imagine...

心知肚明 xīn zhī dù míng

to be well aware

不知 bù zhī

not to know / unaware / unknowingly / fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)

良知 liáng zhī

innate sense of right and wrong / conscience / bosom friend

获知 huò zhī

to learn of (an event) / to hear about (sth)

认知 rèn zhī

cognition / cognitive / understanding / perception / awareness / to be cognizant of / to recognize / to realize

知识点 zhī shí diǎn

knowledge point

谁知盘中餐 shéi zhī pán zhōng cān

Who knows Chinese food

知趣 zhī qù

to act tactfully / tactful / discreet

知足 zhī zú

content with one's situation / to know contentment (hence happiness)

知青 zhī qīng

educated youth (sent to work in farms during the Cultural Revolution)

知音 zhī yīn

intimate friend / soul mate