不明所以

Chinese

		to not understand; to not be clear; to not be known to not understand; to not be clear; to not be known; to be unknown	therefore; so; consequently
trad. (不明所以)		不明	所以
simp. #(不明所以)		不明	所以

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùmíngsuǒyǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ming⁴ so² ji⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùmíngsuǒyǐ [Phonetic: bùmíngsuóyǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùmíngsuǒyǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-ming²-so³-i³
    • Yale: bù-míng-swǒ-yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bumingsuooyii
    • Palladius: буминсои (buminsoi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ming⁴ so² ji⁵
    • Yale: bāt mìhng só yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ming⁴ so² ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ming⁴ so² yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ sɔː³⁵ jiː¹³/

Idiom

不明所以

1. to not understand the reason why