# 不得而知 (bùdé'érzhī)

In Mandarin Chinese, 不得而知 (bùdé'érzhī) means “impossible to know”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: impossible to know
- Pinyin: bùdé'érzhī (bu4 de2 er2 zhi1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 结果如何，目前还不得而知。
  Jiéguǒ rúhé, mùqián hái bùdé'érzhī.
  What the result will be is still impossible to know at present.

## Characters

- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- [得](https://hanziro.com/word/de-complement-marker/) (de): (particle) complement marker
- [而](https://hanziro.com/word/er-and-as-well/) (ér): (conj.) and, as well as; (conj.) but, yet
- 知 (zhī): to know; to be aware

https://hanziro.com/word/bu-de-er-zhi-impossible-know/

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