未知

Chinese

		not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	to know; to be aware
simp. and trad. (未知)		未	知

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèizhī

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ zi¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bī-ti

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèizhī
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄓ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèijhih
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴-chih¹
  - Yale: wèi-jr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyjy
  - Palladius: вэйчжи (vɛjčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁶ zi¹
  - Yale: meih jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ ji¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² t͡siː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-ti
  - Tâi-lô: bī-ti
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bixdy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²⁻²¹ ti⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹⁻²² ti³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi²²⁻²¹ ti⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi³³⁻¹¹ ti⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi³³⁻²¹ ti⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: mj+jH trje

Rime
Character	未	知
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	無沸切	陟移切
Baxter	mj+jH	trje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉi^H/	/ʈiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɨi^H/	/ʈiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/miuəi^H/	/ȶjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muj^H/	/ʈiə̆/
Li Rong	/miuəi^H/	/ȶie/
Wang Li	/mĭwəi^H/	/ȶǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/mwe̯i^H/	/ȶie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi	zhī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei⁶	zi¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m[ə]t-s tre/

(Zhengzhang): /*mɯds ʔl'e/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	未	知
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wèi	zhī
Middle Chinese	‹ mjɨj^H ›	‹ trje ›
Old Chinese	/*m[ə]t-s/	/*tre/
English	not yet	know
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] 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	未	知
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12917	11495
Phonetic component	未	矢
Rime group	隊	支
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	未
Old Chinese	/*mɯds/	/*ʔl'e/
Notes	從屮從木與芔字同根，陳獨秀雲木上加屮象幼枝	沈兼士依韻會所引說文從口矢聲

Adjective

未知

unknown

Antonyms

已知 (yǐzhī)

Derived terms

未知數／未知数 (wèizhīshù)
未知領域／未知领域 (wèizhī lǐngyù)

Verb

未知

(formal) to not know
- 於乎小子，未知臧否。匪手攜之，言示之事。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  於乎小子，未知臧否。匪手携之，言示之事。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Yúhū xiǎozǐ, wèizhī zāngpǐ. Fěi shǒu xié zhī, yán shì zhī shì. [Pinyin]
  Ere you knew right from wrong, my son, I held your hand, and led you on.
- 又有可怪者。上帝惡世人罪惡，破天淵之水，以盡滅之，又俯念以色列盡戮埃及長子。此時其「不忍仁愛之性」未知何處去。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]
  From: 1961, Kim Yeong'ik (金永益), 《西敎辨》
  U yu ga goe ja. Sangje o sein joeak, pa cheon yeon ji su, i jin myeol ji, u bunyeom Isaengnyeol jin ryuk Aegup jangja. Chasi gi "burin inae ji seong" miji hacheo geo. [Sino-Korean]
  There is another strange thing. God hating the sins of the people of the world, he broke open the waters of the heavenly vaults and annihilated them all thereby; and looking down upon Israel, he massacred all of Egypt's eldest sons. I do not know where this "kindhearted nature which cannot bear [to punish]" was to be found at those times.

Antonyms

已知 (yǐzhī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
未	知
み Grade: 4	ち Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みち [míꜜchì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [mʲit͡ɕi]

Noun

未(み)知(ち) • (michi)

unknown

Antonyms

既知(きち) (kichi)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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