明知

明知

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	to know; to be aware
simp. and trad. (明知)		明	知

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ zi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mìn-tî
• Min Nan (POJ): bêng-chai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngjhih
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-chih¹
    • Yale: míng-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingjy
    • Palladius: минчжи (minčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ zi¹
    • Yale: mìhng jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-tî
    • Hakka Romanization System: minˇ di´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: min² di¹
    • Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ ti²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-chai
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-tsai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bengzay
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sai³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sai⁴⁴/

Verb

明知

1. to know perfectly well; to be fully aware

   • 明知愛情是毒藥，偏偏一嘴甲喝落；等到情火一直燒，找無止痛的解藥。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     明知爱情是毒药，偏偏一嘴甲喝落；等到情火一直烧，找无止痛的解药。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 蕭玉芬, 毒藥

     Bêng-chai ài-chêng sī to̍k-io̍h, phian-phian chi̍t chhùi kā lim lo̍h; tán kah chêng hóe it-ti̍t sio, chhōe bô chí-thiàⁿ ê kái-io̍h. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     [I] clearly knew love is a poison, [but I] still drank it; by the time the fire of love was ceaselessly burning, [I still] could not find a painkilling antidote.

Adverb

明知

1. wittingly; intentionally; knowingly; deliberately

Derived terms

明知山有虎，偏向虎山行 (míngzhī shān yǒu hǔ, piān xiàng hǔ shān xíng) 明知故犯 (míngzhīgùfàn) 明知道 明知不是伴，事急且相隨／明知不是伴，事急且相随

明知就裡／明知就里 (míngzhījiùlǐ) 明知山有虎，故作採樵人／明知山有虎，故作采樵人 明知故問／明知故问 (míngzhīgùwèn)