知道

知道

1. to know (something); to be aware of

   我不知道。  ―  Wǒ bù zhīdào.  ―  I don't know.

   我唔知道。 [Guangzhou Cantonese]  ―  ngo⁵ m⁴ zi¹ dou³.   ―  I don't know.

   我知道他住哪兒。 [MSC, trad.]
   我知道他住哪儿。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ zhīdào tā zhù nǎr.

   I know where he lives.

   我們不知道。／我们不知道。  ―  Wǒmen bù zhīdào.  ―  We don't know.

   你知不知道他的名字？ [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Nǐ zhī bù zhīdào tā de míngzi?

   Do you know his name?

   我們都知道你是個刀子嘴豆腐心。 [MSC, trad.]
   我们都知道你是个刀子嘴豆腐心。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒmen dōu zhīdào nǐ shì ge dāozi zuǐ dòufu xīn.

   We all know that even though you talk tough, you're a softy underneath it all.

   他不務正業，天天就知道吃喝玩樂。 [MSC, trad.]
   他不务正业，天天就知道吃喝玩乐。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā bùwùzhèngyè, tiāntiān jiù zhīdào chīhēwánlè.

   He won't do an honest day's work, and instead spends his days just having fun.

2. to understand

   「知唔知道？」「知道！」 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   “zi¹ m⁴ zi¹ dou³?” “zi¹ dou³!”

   "Got it?" "Got it!"

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• (to understand):

• 認識／认识 (rènshi)

知⫽道 (verb-object)

1. (literary, Taoism, Confucianism) to know the Way, or, the Tao; to understand the principles well

   • 近日武、漢之間，有數人行事亦怪，有一人類知道者。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     近日武、汉之间，有数人行事亦怪，有一人类知道者。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: circa early 1600s, Yuan Hongdao,《醉叟傳》, tr. Jonathan Chaves, 1978

     Jìnrì wǔ, hàn zhījiān, yǒu shù rén xíngshì yì guài, yǒu yīrén lèi zhīdào zhě.

     Recently, several people in the Wu-han area have been acting quite strange, and one of them seems to know a thing or two about the Tao.