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		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	therefore; so; consequently
trad. (不知所以)		不知	所以
simp. ^#(不知所以)		不知	所以

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùzhīsuǒyǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ so² ji⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhīsuǒyǐ [Phonetic: bùzhīsuóyǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhihsuǒyǐ
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih¹-so³-i³
  - Yale: bù-jr̄-swǒ-yǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujysuooyii
  - Palladius: бучжисои (bučžisoi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ so² ji⁵
  - Yale: bāt jī só yíh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ so² ji⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ so² yi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ sɔː³⁵ jiː¹³/

不知所以

to now know why it is so; to not know the reason