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知
Cantonese Slang
💡 Tip: [[to know]]
Definitions
  1. 1 [[to know]]
  2. 2 jī dehng 知嗲 — to know what one is doing; to understand the rules of the game.
  3. 3 jī haak 知客 — a prostitute.
  4. 4 jī hāan sik gihm 知慳識儉 — to not be extravagant, to be frugal.
Other Readings
知
an alternative form for 智,wisdom | # adapted from cc-cedict
知
to know; to be aware of
Words containing 知
知啲唔知啲
(slang) knowing a part of a story | an event | an event | a situation but not al
唔知醜
(slang) someone is unashamed; shameless; brazen
明知故犯
(verb phrase) Violate or make problems purposely
以我所知
"From what I know..."; syn.: 據我所知
照我所知
as far as I know; from what I can tell; to the best of my knowledge
知唔知埞呀
do you know what you are doing (said in a hostile tone) [colloquial]
知機
(verb) to sense danger or trouble is coming; or (verb) to sense an opportunity i
不知所謂
it is used to describe a person or a thing that is absurd and a nonsense
有早知，冇乞兒
if a begger knew before hand what choices would lead up to him becoming a beggar
唔知幾
don't know why it is so…
生仔唔知仔心肝
able to understand one's children as have given birth to them (slang)
皆知
all known
知識份子
Intellectual
知錯能改
one must acknowledge one's mistakes first to be able to rectify them
自知之明
to know one-self thoroughly
知埞
to know what one is doing; to understand the rules of the game [colloquial]
知我莫若你
no one know's me better than you
知微麻利
selfish, calculating; uses others to one's benefit
知無不言
to tell everything you know without reserve
愚昧無知
ignorant
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