一知半解

Chinese

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one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)

!to know; to be aware

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half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half

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to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīzhībànjiě

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄓㄅㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ zi¹ bun³ gaai²
Min Nan (POJ): it-ti-pòaⁿ-kái

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīzhībànjiě [Phonetic: yìzhībànjiě]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄓㄅㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi1jybannjiie
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pa̠n⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ zi¹ bun³ gaai²
  - Yale: yāt jī bun gáai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ dzi¹ bun³ gaai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ji¹ bun³ gai²
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ puːn³³ kɑːi̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-ti-pòaⁿ-kái
  - Tâi-lô: it-ti-puànn-kái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: itdi'pvoarkae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻²² puã²¹⁻⁵³ kaɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ ti³³ puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kaɪ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ ti⁴⁴⁻²² puã²¹⁻⁵³ kaɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ puã¹¹⁻⁵³ kaɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kaɪ⁴¹/

Idiom

一知半解

to sort of understand; to only halfway understand; to be unsure of the meaning (of a word or phrase)

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