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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[zhī]
  1. 1. verb [知道] know
    此事我全然不
    I'm completely in the dark about this.
  2. 2. verb [使知道] inform
    学生下午2点开会。
    Tell the students the meeting will start at 2 p.m.
  3. 3. noun knowledge

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[zhī]
  1. 1. verb know; realize; be aware of
    这话不是谁说的。
    We don't know who said this.
  2. 2. verb inform; notify; tell
    notify; inform; give notice
  3. 3. verb administer; be in charge of
    (in former times) county magistrate
  4. 4. noun knowledge
    seek knowledge

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[zhī]
  1. 1. 道;了解
    故犯。
    温故新。
    己。
  2. 2.
    愚昧无
    实践出真
  3. 3. 使道;使了解
    照。
    会。
  4. 4.
    友。
  5. 5. 动 [文] 主管;主持
    县。
    事。
  6. 6. E统读zhī,不读zhì。

Examples

作者是谁,不得而
The name of the author is unknown.
情况如何,不得而
We are unable to find out how things stand.
其事否?
Do you know anything about it?
浮名身后有谁
After death who remembers an empty name?
局外人不得而
unknown to an outsider
大家都不愿意接近他,他的为人可想而
Everybody stays away from him. You can imagine what he is like.
强不以为
pretend to know what one does not know
结果若何,还不得而
The outcome is not known yet. or I'm unable to find out how things have come out.
我只是开个玩笑,谁她竟当真了。
I was only joking, who would have thought she would take it seriously.
你平安到达,甚慰。
I am greatly relieved to learn that you have arrived safely.

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