HSK 6 · Adjectives

无知 wúzhī “ignorant” in Chinese

Traditional 無知

What 无知 means

  1. ignorant
  2. ignorance

How to say 无知

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale无wú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale知zhī1st tone, high and level

无知 in a sentence

  1. 她利用了我的无知。

    Tā lìyòng le wǒ de wúzhī.

    She took advantage of my ignorance.

    Sentence #1874360 from Tatoeba

  2. 无知就是幸福。

    Wúzhī jiù shì xìngfú.

    Ignorance is bliss.

    Sentence #769694 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 你应该为你的无知感到羞耻。

    Nǐ yīnggāi wèi nǐ de wúzhī gǎndào xiūchǐ.

    You should be ashamed of your ignorance.

    Sentence #875063 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 无知 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 无 (wú) with each of its parts in a different colour
无wúnot to have
  • 一one · yī
  • 尢lame · wāng
The character 知 (zhī) with each of its parts in a different colour
知zhīto know
  • 矢arrow · shǐSound part
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 矢 (shǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhī.

How to write 无知

无 4 strokes · 知 8 strokes

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无知 (wúzhī) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 无知 (wúzhī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 无知

Words with 无

无wú · not to have无聊wúliáo · bored无论wúlùn · no matter what or how无法wúfǎ · to be unable to无奈wúnài · to have no alternative无数wúshù · countless无所谓wúsuǒwèi · to not matter无赖wúlài · rogue无比wúbǐ · incomparable无耻wúchǐ · shameless

Words with 知

知道zhīdao · to know (a fact)通知tōngzhī · to notify知识zhīshi · knowledge知觉zhījué · perception须知xūzhī · notice知足常乐zhīzúchánglè · contentment brings happiness众所周知zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī · as everyone knows

More words: Adjectives

乌黑wūhēi · jet-black无能为力wúnéngwéilì · powerless无穷无尽wúqióngwújìn · endless无微不至wúwēibúzhì · in every possible way狭隘xiá'ài · narrow-minded现成xiànchéng · ready-made相等xiāngděng · equal响亮xiǎngliàng · loud and clear

FAQs

无知 (wúzhī) means “ignorant” or “ignorance”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wúzhī: wú with a 2nd tone, then zhī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 无知 is written 無知. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wuzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 无知 from the suggestions. Typing wuzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
无知 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.