點知 [点－]

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Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. "how would I know?"; "who knows?"; "God knows"; "how is one to know"; "who would have thought"; "who would have guessed"; "only to"
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 副詞
    估​唔​到
    unexpectedly; how could one know; who would have thought
    • 我講下笑喳嗎，點知佢咁認真嘅唧。
      我讲下笑喳吗，点知佢咁认真嘅唧。
      ngo5 gong2 haa5 siu3 zaa1 maa3, dim2 zi1 keoi5 gam3 jing6 zan1 ge3 zek1.
      I was just joking. Who would have thought that he would take it so seriously?
  2. 近義詞
    點不知
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv, Cantonese
    who would have thought; little did one know; how was one to know
  2. phrase, Cantonese, rhetoric
    how would [someone] know; [someone] doesn't know
    (syn.) 誰料, 点不知, 谁料, 點不知, 哪知, 怎知, 曷知
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 不料
  2. 料不到
  3. 誰知 – 谁知
  4. 誰料 – 谁料
  5. 誰料到 – 谁料到
  6. 誰知道 – 谁知道
  7. 怎麼知道 – 怎么知道
  8. 哪裡知道 – 哪里知道
  9. 哪兒知道 – 哪儿知道
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    「你个鼻搞咩呀？」「我头先褪后架车𠮶阵，谂住伸个头出去睇清楚后面有无人。我以个车窗开住啦，点知原来闩咗㖞，于是就成个头撞咗哩个窗度喇。」
    「你個鼻搞咩呀？」「我頭先褪後架車嗰陣，諗住伸個頭出去睇清楚後面有無人。我以個車窗開住啦，點知原來閂咗喎，於是就成個頭撞咗哩個窗度喇。」
    「 nei5 go3 bei6 gaau2 me1 aa3 ？ 」 「 ngo5 tau4 sin1 tan3 hau6 gaa3 ce1 go2 zan6 ， nam2 zyu6 san1 go3 tau4 ceot1 heoi3 tai2 cing1 co2 hau6 min6 jau5 mou4 jan4 。 ngo5 ji5 go3 ce1 coeng1 hoi1 zyu6 laa1 ， dim2 zi1 jyun4 loi4 saan1 zo2 wo5 ， jyu1 si6 zau6 sing4 go3 tau4 zong6 zo2 lei5 go3 coeng1 dou6 laa3 。 」
    • "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!"
  2. Cantonese
    你点知㗎？
    你點知㗎？
    nei5 dim2 zi1 gaa3 ？
    • How did you come to know it?
  3. Cantonese
    阿Tom本来谂住朝头早早啲出发，点知瞓过咗龙。
    阿Tom本來諗住朝頭早早啲出發，點知瞓過咗龍。
    aa3 Ｔ o m bun2 loi4 nam2 zyu6 ziu1 tau4 zou2 zou2 di1 ceot1 faat3 ， dim2 zi1 fan3 gwo3 zo2 lung4 。
    • Tom expected to leave early in the morning, but he overslept.
  4. Cantonese
    你点知我喺边到住㗎？
    你點知我喺邊到住㗎？
    nei5 dim2 zi1 ngo5 hai2 bin1 dou3 zyu6 gaa3 ？
    • How do you know where I live?
  5. Cantonese
    你点知你唔系一个缸入面嘅脑先？
    你點知你唔係一個缸入面嘅腦先？
    nei5 dim2 zi1 nei5 m4 hai6 jat1 go3 gong1 jap6 min2 ge3 nou5 sin1 ？
    • How do you know you're not a brain in a vat?
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    选举咁多花边，你点知人哋系咪只系做场戏俾你睇啫。
    選舉咁多花邊，你點知人哋係咪只係做場戲俾你睇啫。
    syun2 geoi2 gam3 do1 faa1 bin1, nei5 dim2 zi1 jan4 dei6 hai6 mai6 zi2 hai6 zou6 coeng4 hei3 bei2 nei5 tai2 ze1
    • There is so much gossip going around in this election. How could you know whether people are making a mountain out of a molehill?
  2. Cantonese
    佢同人合作做生意，点知遇人不淑，俾人呃晒啲钱。
    佢同人合作做生意，點知遇人不淑，俾人呃晒啲錢。
    keoi5 tung4 jan4 hap6 zok3 zou6 saang1 ji3, dim2 zi1 jyu6 jan4 bat1 suk6, bei2 jan4 ngaak1 saai3 di1 cin2.
    • Accompanying some guys to start a business, he found out they were all cheaters and took all his money away.
  3. Cantonese
    我好憎啲司机转弯唔打灯。喺路口以为佢直去，点知突然转弯。
    我好憎啲司機轉彎唔打燈。喺路口以為佢直去，點知突然轉彎。
    ngo5 hou2 zang1 di1 si1 gei1 zyun3 waan1 m4 daa2 dang1, hai2 lou6 hau2 ji5 wai4 keoi5 zik6 heoi3, dim2 zi1 dat6 jin4 zyun3 waan1.
    • I hate it when drivers don't use their blinkers. I thought they were going straight but they instead suddenly turned.
  4. Cantonese
    你唔试过又点知唔得？
    你唔試過又點知唔得？
    nei5 m4 si3 gwo3 jau6 dim2 zi1 m4 dak1?
    • If you haven't tried, how did you know it won't work?
  5. Cantonese
    我哋本来谂住去日本嘅，点知到头来我哋去咗韩国。
    我哋本來諗住去日本嘅，點知到頭來我哋去咗韓國。
    ngo5 dei6 bun2 loi4 nam2 zyu6 heoi3 jat6 bun2 ge3, dim2 zi1 dou3 tau4 loi4 ngo5 dei6 heoi3 zo2 hon4 gwok3
    • We were originally thinking about going to Japan, but in the end we went to Korea.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    今日年初四开市，点知港股变咗年初四咁嘅样，全日劲跌742点收市，跌近成4%呀，阴公。 [Cantonese, trad.]今日年初四开市，点知港股变咗年初四咁嘅样，全日劲跌742点收市，跌近成4%呀，阴公。
    今日年初四開市，點知港股變咗年初四咁嘅樣，全日勁跌742點收市，跌近成4%呀，陰公。 [Cantonese, trad.]今日年初四开市，点知港股变咗年初四咁嘅样，全日劲跌742点收市，跌近成4%呀，阴公。
    gam1 jat6 nin4 co1 sei3 hoi1 si5, dim2 zi1 gong2 gu2 bin3 zo2 nin4 co1 sei3 gam2 ge3 joeng2, cyun4 jat6 ging6 dit3 742 dim2 sau1 si5, dit3 gan6 seng4 4% aa3, jam1 gung1.
    • Today is the fourth day of the Chinese New Year, but who would have thought the Hong Kong stock market has pulled a long face. The index plummeted for 742, which is almost a 4% decrease, what a pity.