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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

已知

yǐzhī

known (to science)

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

known (to science)

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 已知 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 已知 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

埃博拉是人类已知的最致命的病毒之一。āi bó lā shì rén lèi yǐ zhī de zuì zhì mìng de bìng dú zhī yī。

Ebola is one of the most virulent viruses known to man.

已知最古老的汉字是甲骨文。yǐ zhī zuì gǔ lǎo de hàn zì shì jiǎ gǔ wén。

No published English translation for this sentence.

创意是把已知的元素用不凡的方式结合的能力。chuàng yì shì bǎ yǐ zhī de yuán sù yòng bù fán de fāng shì jié hé de néng lì。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 已知.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 已知.

Directly before

  • 把已知1
  • 人类已知1

Directly after

  • 已知的2
  • 已知最1
  • 已知一个1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 已知

What does 已知 mean in Chinese?

已知 (yǐzhī) means known (to science).

How do you pronounce 已知?

已知 is pronounced yǐzhī.

Is 已知 an HSK word?

已知 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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