不知凡幾

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	ordinary; every; all ordinary; every; all; whatever; worldly	how much; how many; several how much; how many; several; a few; almost
trad. (不知凡幾)		不知	凡	幾
simp. (不知凡几)		不知	凡	几
Literally: “can't tell how many there are”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhīfánjǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄈㄢˊ ㄐㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ faan⁴ gei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhīfánjǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄈㄢˊ ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhihfánjǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih¹-fan²-chi³
    • Yale: bù-jr̄-fán-jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujyfarnjii
    • Palladius: бучжифаньцзи (bučžifanʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ fän³⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ faan⁴ gei²
    • Yale: bāt jī fàahn géi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ faan⁴ gei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ fan⁴ géi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ faːn²¹ kei̯³⁵/

Idiom

不知凡幾

1. many; a lot