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谁知道

Word definition:

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
God knows... / Who would have imagined...?
HSK 7-9

Character decomposition:

CharacterTot Str
Rad / Str
Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
谁
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *谁* | 谁* | *谁
10画
who? whom? whose? anyone?
誰
3071
IVOG
知
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *知* | 知* | *知
8画
know, perceive, comprehend
8640.0
OKR
道
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *道* | 道* | *道
12画
path, road, street; method, way
3830.6
YTHU

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
谁知道
God knows... / Who would have imagined...?
谁
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *谁* | 谁* | *谁
who / also pr. [shui2]
谁知
who would have thought / unexpectedly
 知
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *知* | 知* | *知
to know / to be aware
 知道
to know; to become aware of / also pr. [zhi1dao5]
  道
  dào​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *道* | 道* | *道
road; path (CL:條|条,股) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)


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