不知不覺

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See also: 不知不觉

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	to be unconscious; to be unwitting; to not have noticed to be unconscious; to be unwitting; to not have noticed; to be unaware
trad. (不知不覺)		不知	不覺
simp. (不知不觉)		不知	不觉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùzhī-bùjué

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ bat¹ gok³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-ti-put-kak / put-chai-put-kak

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhī-bùjué
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhihbùjyué
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih¹-pu⁴-chüeh²
  - Yale: bù-jr̄-bù-jywé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujybujyue
  - Palladius: бучжибуцзюэ (bučžibuczjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ bat¹ gok³
  - Yale: bāt jī bāt gok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ bat⁷ gok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ bed¹ gog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ kɔːk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-ti-put-kak
  - Tâi-lô: put-ti-put-kak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putdi'putkag
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ kak̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ kak̚³²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-chai-put-kak
  - Tâi-lô: put-tsai-put-kak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putzai'putkag
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ kak̚³²/

Idiom

不知不覺

unconsciously; unwittingly
- 2002, Xu Wei (lyrics and music), “時光 [shíguāng, Time]”, in 時光·漫步 [Time, Stroll], performed by Xu Wei:
  
  在不知不覺的一瞬間　又想起你 [MSC, trad.]
  在不知不觉的一瞬间　又想起你 [MSC, simp.]
  Zài bùzhībùjué de yīshùnjiān, Yòu xiǎngqǐ nǐ
  In an instant / I remembered you unconsciously

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 不經不覺／不经不觉, 唔經唔覺／唔经唔觉

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