人不知，鬼不覺

Chinese
man; person; people not; no to know; to be aware ghost; sly; crafty not; no
 
feel; find that; thinking
feel; find that; thinking; awake; aware; a nap; a sleep
trad. (人不知，鬼不覺) 人 不 知 ， 鬼 不 覺
simp. (人不知，鬼不觉) 人 不 知 ， 鬼 不 觉
Literally: “people don't know it, and ghosts don't feel it”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rén bù zhī, guǐ bù jué
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ, ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: rén bù zhī, guǐ bù jué [Phonetic: rén 不 zhī, guǐ 不 jué]
      • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ, ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: rén bù jhih, guěi bù jyué
      • Wade–Giles: jên2 pu4 chih1- kuei3 pu4 chüeh2
      • Yale: rén bù jr̄-, gwěi bù jywé
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ren bu jy, goei bu jyue
      • Palladius: жэнь бу чжи, гуй бу цзюэ (žɛnʹ bu čži, guj bu czjue)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ² ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/

Idiom

人不知，鬼不覺

  1. very secret or mysterious

See also
  • 神不知，鬼不覺／神不知，鬼不觉
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