點dim2知zi1

English

1. "how would I know?"; "who knows?"; "God knows"; "how is one to know"; "who would have thought"; "who would have guessed"; "only to"
2. unexpectedly; how could one know; who would have thought

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 估唔到

Examples

• 你點知㗎？

  How did you come to know it?

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 你點知我喺邊到住㗎？

  How do you know where I live?

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 你點知我當刻唔想惜阿湯？

  How did you know I didn't want to kiss Tom?

  Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

• 我勸過阿湯㗎，點知渠都照去。

  I tried to discourage Tom, but he went there anyway.

  Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

• 你點知你唔係一個缸入面嘅腦先？

  How do you know you're not a brain in a vat?

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 我講下笑喳嗎，點知佢咁認真嘅唧。

  I was just joking. Who would have thought that he would take it so seriously?

• 我山長水遠嚟到呢到，點知間舖頭閂咗。

  I came all the way here especially, and the shop's shut.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY