知

知 zhī in a sentence

Know (be aware)

Full dictionary entry 79 sentences

知 (zhī) means Know (be aware). Below are 24 of the 79 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

我不 知 道。

Wǒ bù zhīdào.

I don't know.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 知道

这件事情你 知 道吗?

Zhè jiàn shìqing nǐ zhīdào ma?

Do you know about this matter?

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 事情

你 知 道他的电话吗?

Nǐ zhīdào tā de diànhuà ma?

Do you know his phone number?

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 知道

我大概 知 道这件事。

Wǒ dàgài zhīdào zhè jiàn shì.

I know roughly about this matter.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 大概

我收到了一个通 知 。

Wǒ shōudào le yí ge tōngzhī.

I received a notice.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 通知

原来他早就 知 道了。

Yuánlái tā zǎo jiù zhīdào le.

So it turns out he knew all along.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 原来

他的 知 识非常丰富。

Tā de zhīshi fēicháng fēngfù.

He is extremely knowledgeable.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 知识

这件事迟早会 知 道。

Zhè jiàn shì chízǎo huì zhīdào.

This will be found out sooner or later.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 迟早

知 道错了就要改正。

Zhīdào cuò le jiù yào gǎizhèng.

Once you know you are wrong you should put it right.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 改正

他或许已经 知 道了。

Tā huòxǔ yǐjīng zhīdào le.

He may already know.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 或许

这就是我所 知 道的。

Zhè jiù shì wǒ suǒ zhīdào de.

This is all that I know.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 所

他未必 知 道这件事。

Tā wèibì zhīdào zhè jiàn shì.

He does not necessarily know about this.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 未必

在座的人皆 知 此事。

Zàizuò de rén jiē zhī cǐ shì.

Everyone present knows of this.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 皆

请先阅读考试须 知 。

Qǐng xiān yuèdú kǎoshì xūzhī.

Please read the examination instructions first.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 须知

老人常说 知 足常乐。

Lǎorén cháng shuō zhīzúchánglè.

The old man often says that contentment brings happiness.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 知足常乐

去火车站的路我 知 道。

Qù huǒchēzhàn de lù wǒ zhīdào.

I know the way to the train station.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 路

我不 知 道他是否会来。

Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shìfǒu huì lái.

I do not know whether he will come.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 是否

这件事我完全不 知 道。

Zhè jiàn shì wǒ wánquán bù zhīdào.

I knew nothing at all about this.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 完全

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From the graded readers

我 知 道我生病了。

wǒ zhīdào wǒ shēngbìng le / liǎo / liào.

I knew I was ill.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor

明天天气会好吗?我不 知 道。

míngtiān tiānqì huì hǎo / hào mǎ? wǒ bùzhī dào.

Will the weather be good tomorrow? I don't know.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today

我 知 道他是为我好,可是我还是辞职了。

wǒ zhīdào tā shì wèi / wéi wǒ hǎo / hào, kěshì wǒ háishì cízhí le / liǎo / liào.

I knew he meant well, but I resigned anyway.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs

我们站在那里,忽然都不 知 道说什么好。

wǒmen zhàn zài nàli, hūrán dōu bùzhī dào shuō shénme hǎo / hào.

We stood there and suddenly neither of us knew what to say.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye

我这才 知 道,真正尊重你的人,不会因为一次拒绝就离开。

wǒ zhè / zhèi cái zhīdào, zhēnzhèng zūnzhòng nǐ de rén, bùhuì yīnwèi yīcì jùjué jiù líkāi.

That was when I learned that people who genuinely respect you don't leave over one refusal.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No

重要的是我 知 道了:紧张不可怕,可怕的是因为紧张就不上台。

zhòngyào de / dì shì wǒ zhīdào le / liǎo / liào: jǐnzhāng bùkě pà, kěpà de / dì shì yīnwèi jǐnzhāng jiù bù shàngtái.

What mattered was learning that nerves aren't the problem — not going on stage because of them is.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech

知 appears in 79 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.

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How is 知 used in a sentence?

This page shows 79 sentences using 知 (zhī, "Know (be aware)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 知 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 知 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Where can I see the full entry for 知?

The dictionary page for 知 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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