| 知 | 1388A25 92S.32-9 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄓ [zhi1] (*ㄓˋ [zhi4] ). | ||
| N. | (1) Knowledge: 知識 [zhi1shi4]2 (also *[zhi4shi4])↓; 無知 ignorant; 知難行易 (孫中山) knowledge is difficult, but action is easy; 知行合一 (王陽明) knowledge and action are one; knowledge is action, action is (true) knowledge. (2) (*[zhi4]) (AC)＝智 wisdom: 知不及人 wisdom cannot equal others; 大知若愚 great wisdom appears stupid (Taoist); 知者不惑 the wise man has no perplexity. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) To know: 你知不知道 do you know? 知道，知悉 [zhi1dao0], [zhi1xi2]↓; 獲知，探知 have found out that; 得知 know that or enabled to know that; 未知，不知 do not know (未知 is more litr.); 深知 I realize, he really knows; 無所不知，知古今兒 omniscient, know everything; 知無不言，言無不盡 to say all that you know and say it without reserve; 一無所知 know nothing; 一知半解 have a superficial knowledge (of s.t.); 誰不知 who doesn't know; 明知故問 he asks, but already knows; 明知故犯，知法犯法，deliberately flout the law; 知己知彼，百戰百勝 to know one’s own strength and the enemy's is the sure way to victory; 知錯 acknowledge one is wrong; 知白守黑（老子）know and observe all but stay obscure; 知子莫若父 no one knows a man better than his own father; 知人知面不知心 we may know a man's exterior but not his heart; 若要人不知，除非己莫為 if you don't want people to know it, the best way is not to do it; 知根知底 know the bottom (of affair, about person); 知過，知非，知禮，知恥 [zhi1guo4], [zhi1fei1], [zhi1li3], [zhi1chi3]↓; 知足 [zhi1zu2]↓. (2) To feel, sense: 知覺 [zhi1jUe2]↓; 先知 prophet; 先知先覺 those who think ahead of their generation, the seers, prophets; 後知後覺 those who learn in later generation; 不知不覺 unconsciously; 自知不如 know or feel one is not another's equal; 自知 know one's own weakness; 不自知 lack self-knowledge; 知疼著熱 feel for another person like oneself (as mother of child). (3) To be a bosom friend: 知己 [zhi1ji3]↓; 相知 (a) n., a close friend; (b) v.t., to know each other; 相知甚深 know each other for a long time; 知友，知音，知心 [zhi1you3], [zhi1yin1], [zhi1xin1]↓. (4) To recognize: 受知 be recognized for talent by superior; 見知於世 be recognized by society; 知遇 [zhi1yU4]↓. (5) To be expert in subject: 知兵 expert in military science; 知醫 expert in medicine. (6) To communicate officially: 知會，知照 [zhi1hui4], [zhi1zhao4]↓; 通知 (a) v.t., to inform, (b) n., a public notice; 示知 please let me know. (7) To be in charge of office: 知府，知縣，知事，知州 [zhi1fu3], [zhi1xian4], [zhi1shi4]1, [zhi1zhou1]↓; 知客 [zhi1ke4]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 知情 [zhi1qing2], v.i., legal formula, like “with full knowledge of the facts”: 實不知情 (affidavit) really have no knowledge (concerning s.t.); 知情自首 s.o. reports himself to justice on his involvement in case; 知情底保 offer guarantee with full knowledge of all the facts. 2. 知趣 [zhi1qU4], v.i., (1) appreciate (what is good or interesting, or what is fun); (2) 知趣兒 [zhi1qUe4er0], tactful, having a sense of the situation (and retire without being told, etc.). 3. 知恥 [zhi1chi3], phr., have a sense of shame or of honor. 4. 知單 [zhi1dan1], n., notice of invitation with list of invited, on which the recipient signs the word 知, without commitment to attend. 5. 知道 [zhi1dao0], v.i. & t., regular vern. for 知：不知道 do not know or realize; v.i. & t., 知道了 phr., acknowledging receipt of communication or report, without saying “yes” or “no.” 6. 知方 [zhi1fang1], phr., (AC) knowing what is right to do. 7. 知非 [zhi1fei1], phr., to know one's mistakes: 行年五十而後知四十九年之非 (AC) “at fifty I realize the mistakes of the forty-nine years,” hence 知非之年 fifty years of age. 8. 知風草 [zhi1feng1cao3], n., (bot.) Eragrostis ferruginea. 9. 知府 [zhi1fu3], n., magistrate of a [fu3] or district. 10. 知根兒 [zhi1ge1er0], phr., know the bottom of things. 11. 知更雀 [zhi1geng1qUe4], n., (zoo.) a small bird, robin, Erithacus namiyei. 12. 知過 [zhi1guo4], v.i., realize one's mistake. 13. 知會 [zhi1hui4], v.i. & t., (1) to know, understand, appreciate; (2) to transmit official communication. 14. 知照 [zhi1zhao4], v.t., officially inform, be informed. 15. 知幾 [zhi1ji1], phr., (AC) to sense what is coming (also wr. 知機). 16. 知己 [zhi1ji3], (1) n., a bosom friend; (2) phr., 知己知彼 to know one’s and the enemy's situation or strength (to ensure victory). 17. 知津 [zhi1jin1], phr., (LL) know the way (“ferry”). 18. 知州 [zhi1zhou1], n., magistrate of [zhou1] or prefecture. 19. 知覺 [zhi1jUe2], (1) v.i. & t., to perceive; v.i. & t., to feel, realize: 知覺不對 feel s.t. is wrong; 不知不覺 unconscious, -ly; (2) n., consciousness, perception: 沒有知覺 have lost consciousness, (vb.) have not realized. 20. 知止 [zhi1zhi3], phr., (AC) knowing when (or where) to stop; knowing the goal or the faith to hold on to. 21. 知客 [zhi1ke4] ([zhi1ke0]), n., monk in charge of reception of visitors; 知客寮 (MC) reception room of monastery. 22. 知了 [zhi1liao3], n., (1) (“I know”) another name of cicada from sound of its cry; (2) ([zhi1le0]) I know. 23. 知禮 [zhi1li3], adj., refined, conversant with proper manners or established customs. 24. 知命 [zhi1ming4], phr., (1) know Heaven’s will: 樂天知命 acceptance of Heaven's will and inner content; (2) 知命之年 (allu. Confucius) fifty years of age. 25. 知名 [zhi1ming2], adj., well-known. 26. 知母 [zhi1mu3], n., a grass, Anemarrhena asphodeloides. 27. 知能 [zhi1neng2], n., consciousness, sense of perception. 28. 知人 [zhi1ren2], phr., 知人之明 capacity to judge person's qualities. 29. 知曉 [zhi1xiao3], v.i., (slightly litr. & MC) to know. 30. 知縣 [zhi1xian4], n., magistrate of a [xian4], county. 31. 知心 [zhi1xin1], phr., 知心人 bosom friend; 知心話 heart-to-heart talk. 32. 知悉 [zhi1xi2], v.i. & t., (LL esp., in letters) to know, have learned. 33. 知事 [zhi1shi4]1, n., 縣知事 see [zhi1xian4]↑. 34. 知識 *[zhi1shi4]2, n., knowledge; 知識豐富 having wide knowledge of subjects; 科學知識 scientific knowledge; 知識分子 or 階級 (*[zhi4shi4]) the intelligentsia. 35. 知足 [zhi1zu2], adj. & n., content, -ed, -ment: 知足常樂 he who is contented is always happy; 不知足 discontented, (of person) never satisfied, (cf. 知不足 knowing one's own limitations of knowledge). 36. 知言 [zhi3yan2], phr., to know what to say and when to say it. 37. 知音 [zhi1yin1], n., a good understanding friend. 38. 知友 [zhi1you3], n., a bosom friend. 39. 知遇 [zhi1yU4], phr., in 受知遇 be recognized or discovered, receive help and encouragement by a superior; 知遇之恩 gratitude for such help. | |||||