# 谁知道 (shéizhīdào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 谁知道 (shéizhīdào) means “who would have thought; God knows”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: who would have thought; God knows
- Pinyin: shéizhīdào (shei2 zhi1 dao4)
- Traditional: 誰知道
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 我很早去，谁知道店关了。
  Wǒ hěn zǎo qù, shéi zhīdào diàn guān le.
  I went early, who knew the store was closed.

## Characters

- [谁](https://hanziro.com/word/shei-who/) (shéi): who
- 知 (zhī): to know; to be aware
- [道](https://hanziro.com/word/dao-courses-questions/) (dào): (measure word) for courses/questions; road

https://hanziro.com/word/shei-zhi-dao-who-would-have/

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