无知
wúzhī
ignorant; ignorance
Characters in this word
知 zhī
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 矢 — arrow, dart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 把复杂问题归咎于单一原因，是一种危险的无知。 Bǎ fùzá wèntí guījiù yú dānyī yuányīn, shì yì zhǒng wēixiǎn de wúzhī. Blaming complex problems on a single cause is a dangerous form of ignorance.
- 他并不是坏，只是年轻无知，做错了很多事。 Tā bìng bù shì huài, zhǐshì niánqīng wúzhī, zuò cuò le hěn duō shì. He isn't bad — he was just young and ignorant, and made many mistakes.
- 别因为无知而害怕新技术，可以先多了解一下。 Bié yīnwèi wúzhī ér hàipà xīn jìshù, kěyǐ xiān duō liǎojiě yīxià. Don't fear new technology out of ignorance — first learn a bit more about it.
Related words
- 无 wú no; without
- 无法 wúfǎ unable to
- 无聊 wúliáo boring; bored
- 无论 wúlùn no matter
- 无数 wúshù countless
- 无所谓 wúsuǒwèi it does not matter
- 无限 wúxiàn unlimited; endless
- 无奈 wúnài helpless; having no choice
- 无疑 wúyí without doubt
- 毫无 háowú completely without
- 大公无私 dàgōngwúsī selfless; impartial and public-spirited
- 当之无愧 dāngzhīwúkuì fully deserving; worthy of the title