不知好歹

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	good and evil; mishap; misadventure good and evil; mishap; misadventure; accident
simp. and trad. (不知好歹)		不知	好歹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùzhīhǎodǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄏㄠˇ ㄉㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ hou² daai²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùzhīhǎodǎi [Phonetic: bùzhīháodǎi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄏㄠˇ ㄉㄞˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu4jyhaodae
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ taɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ hou² daai²
  - Yale: bāt jī hóu dáai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ hou² daai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ hou² dai²
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ hou̯³⁵ tɑːi̯³⁵/

Idiom

不知好歹

cannot tell good from bad; to mistake good for bad; to be unable to see others' good intentions

Synonyms

不識好歹／不识好歹

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