不知者無罪

Chinese

		to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of; to wonder if	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth)	innocent; blameless; sinless innocent; blameless; sinless; not guilty
trad. (不知者無罪)		不知	者	無罪
simp. (不知者无罪)		不知	者	无罪
Literally: “One who does not know is not guilty.”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùzhī zhě wúzuì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄓㄜˇ ㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ ze² mou⁴ zeoi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhī zhě wúzuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄓㄜˇ ㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhih jhě wúzuèi
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih¹ chê³ wu²-tsui⁴
  - Yale: bù-jr̄ jě wú-dzwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujy jee wutzuey
  - Palladius: бучжи чжэ уцзуй (bučži čžɛ uczuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ ze² mou⁴ zeoi⁶
  - Yale: bāt jī jé mòuh jeuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ dze² mou⁴ dzoey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ zé² mou⁴ zêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵ mou̯²¹ t͡sɵy̯²²/

Proverb

不知者無罪

One who errs unknowingly need not be held responsible.

Synonyms

不知者不罪 (bùzhī zhě bù zuì)

Antonyms

知者有罪

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