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无知 wúzhī

无知 wúzhī Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 无知 wúzhī .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wúzhī | wu2 zhi1
English translation
ignorant
ignorance

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Traditional form

無知

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 无知 wúzhī

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Explanation

Originally a pictograph of a person () dancing with ornamental leather hides () hanging from his arms, conveying the meaning "dance". Later, two feet ( chuǎn ) were added to the bottom of the character to form (dance), and was borrowed for its sound to re

Positional decomposition

一尢

Number of Strokes

4
zhī

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and shǐ represents the sound. The mouth component ( kǒu ) represents the oral transmission of knowledge.

Phonetic compound

shǐ

Semantic compound

kǒu

Positional decomposition

矢口

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 无知 wúzhī

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约瑟夫 Yuē sè fū , 看清 kàn qīng le de 人品 rén pǐn ,知道 zhīdào bèn 象个 zhū ,无知 wúzhī shí .

He knows your character , Joseph, and is well acquainted with your pig - headedness and ignorance.

毫无 háowú 知觉 zhījué de tǎng zài Zhōng .

He lay senseless out in the rain.

翻译 fānyì 只是 zhǐ shì 无知 wúzhī , 不能 bù néng 因此 yīncǐ shuì bèn .

Im just ignorant, you cant say that am stupid.

dīng zhāo duì de 愚蠢 yúchǔn 无知 wúzhī 倍感 bèi gǎn 惊讶 jīngyà

I stared at him, astonished by his stupidity.

人们 rén men 喜欢 xǐhuan wèn 问题 wèntí 害怕 hàipà 自己 zìjǐ huì 显得 xiǎnde hěn 无知 wúzhī

People don'tlike to ask questions for fear of appearing ignorant.

无知 wúzhī Decomposition

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up 无知 wúzhī and their own compounds.

无知 wúzhī Compounds

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