無知

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 無知. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 無知, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 無知 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 無知 you have here. The definition of the word 無知 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of無知, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: 无知

Chinese

not have to know; to be aware
trad. (無知)
simp. (无知)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (9)
Final () (24) (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter mju trje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mɨo/ /ʈiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/mio/ /ʈiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/mio/ /ȶjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muə̆/ /ʈiə̆/
Li
Rong
/mio/ /ȶie/
Wang
Li
/mĭu/ /ȶǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯u/ /ȶie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mou4 zi1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhī
Middle
Chinese
‹ mju › ‹ mju › ‹ mju › ‹ trje ›
Old
Chinese
/*ma/ /*ma/ /*mo/ /*tre/
English not have volitional prefix don’t know

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13117 11495
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ma/ /*ʔl'e/
Notes

Verb

無知

  1. to be ignorant
    原諒無知 [MSC, trad.]
    原谅无知 [MSC, simp.]
    Qǐng yuánliàng wǒ de wúzhī.
    Please excuse my ignorance.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無知):

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
無智

Etymology

is a daiyōji replacing

Adjective

()() (muchi-na (adnominal ()() (muchi na), adverbial ()() (muchi ni))

  1. ignorant

Inflection

Noun

()() (muchi

  1. ignorance

Synonyms

References