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Jyutping seoi4 zi1
Pinyin shéi zhī

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. who would have thought
  2. unexpectedly
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    谁知道?
    誰知道?
    shéi zhī dào ?
    • Who knows?
    • Who knows!
  2. Mandarin
    「你鼻子怎么了?」「我刚才倒车的时候,想探头出窗看清楚后面有没有人。我以为车窗是开著的,谁知原来是关上了,于是就一头撞到车窗上了。」
    「你鼻子怎麼了?」「我剛才倒車的時候,想探頭出窗看清楚後面有沒有人。我以為車窗是開著的,誰知原來是關上了,於是就一頭撞到車窗上了。」
    「 nǐ bí zi zěn me le ?」「 wǒ gāng cái dǎo chē de shí hou , xiǎng tàn tóu chū chuāng kàn qīng chǔ hòu miàn yǒu méi yǒu rén 。 wǒ yǐ wéi chē chuāng shì kāi zhù de , shéi zhī yuán lái shì guān shàng le , yú shì jiù yī tóu zhuàng dào chē chuāng shàng le 。」
    • "What happened to your nose?" "When I was backing my car up I went to check behind me, convinced that the car window was open, and bashed my face into it!"
  3. Mandarin
    有谁知道如何在经济萧条的时候赢得金钱?
    有誰知道如何在經濟蕭條的時候贏得金錢?
    yǒu shéi zhī dào rú hé zài jīng jì xiāo tiáo de shí hou yíng dé jīn qián ?
    • Does anyone know how to make money in a time of crisis?
  4. Mandarin
    谁知道胡锦涛的生日?
    誰知道胡錦濤的生日?
    shéi zhī dào hú jǐn tāo de shēng rì ?
    • Who knows Hu Jintao's birthday?
  5. Mandarin
    还有谁知道它?
    還有誰知道它?
    hái yǒu shéi zhī dào tā ?
    • Who else knows about it?
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢低价买咗间豪宅,以为执到宝;谁知原来买咗间凶宅。
    佢低價買咗間豪宅,以為執到寶;誰知原來買咗間凶宅。
    • She thought she bought a cheap albeit luxurious house by serendipity, while she actually got a murder house.