知道
zhī dàoㄓ ㄉㄠˋ
Sino-Vietnamese: TRI ĐẠO
Traditional: 知道
HSK 2HSK 3.0 · 1TOCFL 1
Meaning(verb)
to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhī dao]
Examples
你知道他的电话号码吗?
nǐ zhī dào tā de diàn huà hào mǎ ma?
Do you know his phone number?
我不知道怎么走。
wǒ bù zhī dào zěn me zǒu.
I don't know how to get there.
知道了,我马上去。
zhī dào le, wǒ mǎ shàng qù.
Got it, I'll go right away.
Easily confused
- 认识 — 知道 is knowing a fact; 认识 is being acquainted with a person or recognizing something.
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Stroke order
TRI · 8 strokes
to know; to be aware
ĐẠO · 12 strokes
road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), q
Related words
- 通知 tōng zhī — to notify; to inform; notice; notification
- 知识 zhī shi — knowledge; intellectual
- 无知 wú zhī — ignorant; ignorance
- 知觉 zhī jué — perception; consciousness
- 众所周知 zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī — as everyone knows (idiom)
- 须知 xū zhī — key information; instructions; it must be borne in mind
- 知足常乐 zhī zú cháng lè — satisfied with what one has (idiom)