HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

不知所措

bùzhī-suǒcuò

not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end

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Meaning of 不知所措 in English

bùzhī-suǒcuòHSK 7–9Syllabus #5757
  1. not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end
  2. embarrassed and at a complete loss

Example sentences

  1. 湯姆不知所措。
    tāng mǔ bù zhī suǒ cuò。
    Tom doesn't know what he should do.
    Tatoeba #4104423 by andymakespasta · #1094442 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

不 on its own →
bù · no; not so

HSK words with 不

不HSK 1不要HSK 1不客气HSK 1对不起HSK 1不错HSK 2不好意思HSK 2不但HSK 3不见HSK 3不用HSK 3不同HSK 3
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HSK words with 知

知道HSK 1通知HSK 4知识HSK 4知名HSK 5得知HSK 6认知HSK 6众所周知HSK 6告知HSK 7–9无知HSK 7–9须知HSK 7–9
所 on its own →
suǒ · classifier for houses, small buildings,

HSK words with 所

所以HSK 2厕所HSK 4所有HSK 4所HSK 5场所HSK 5派出所HSK 5无所谓HSK 6之所以HSK 6众所周知HSK 6所属HSK 7–9
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HSK words with 措

措施HSK 5筹措HSK 7–9举措HSK 7–9措手不及HSK 7–9惊慌失措HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences