know

know /nǝƱ/ v (pt knew / nju:; US nu:/; pp known /nǝƱn/)

၁။ (က) သိသည်။ နားလည်သည်။ She doesn't know your address. ❍ Every child knows (that) two and two make four. ❍ I knew where he was hiding. ❍ He did it without my knowing. ❍ Does he know to come here (ie that he should come here) first? ❍ We know her to be honest.
(ခ) သိသည်။ ကြုံသည်။ I've never known it (to) snow in July before. ဇူလိုင်လမှာ နှင်းကျတာ ကျွန်တော်ဖြင့် မကြုံဖူးဘူး။
၂။ သိသည်။ I know (that) it’s here somewhere⚠
၃။ သိသည်။ ကျွမ်းသည်။ Do you know Bob Hill? ❍ I know Paris well. ❍ I know him by sight, but not to talk to (ie I have seen him but never spoken to him).
၄။ ~ sb/sth as sth (esp passive)
(က) လူသိ များသည်။ ကျော်ကြားသည်။ It's known as the most dangerous part of the city. ❍ He's known to be an outstanding physicist.
(ခ) ခေါ်သည်။ Peter Wilson, also known as The Tiger ❍ This area is known as the ‘Cornish Riviera’.
၅။ ~ sb/sth (from sb/sth) (ခွဲခြား) သိသည်။ (မြင်သည်နှင့်) သိသည်။ know right from wrong ❍ She knows a bargain when she sees one.
၆။ တတ်သည်။ ကျွမ်းသည်။ know Japanese ❍ Do you know how to use a word processor?
၇။ ကြုံဖူးသည်။ a man who has known both poverty and riches.
❏ before one knows where one is [IDM ] ရုတ်တရက်။ လျင်မြန်စွာ။ We were whisked off in a taxi before we knew where we were.
❏ be known to sb [IDM ] အကြောင်းသိ အပေါင်းသိ ဖြစ်သည်။ He's known to the police (ie as a criminal).
❏ God/goodness/Heaven knows [IDM ]
၁။ ဘုရားမှ သိမှာပဲ။ ဘုရားပဲသိမယ်။ ‘Where are they?’ ‘Goodness knows’.
၂။ ဘုရားသိပါတယ်။ She ought to succeed; goodness knows she tries hard enough.
❏ in the know [IDM ] (infml ) အတွင်းသိ ဖြစ်သည်။ Somebody in the know told me he's about to resign.
❏ know about sth [PHRV ] သိသည်၊ (မ)သိရ။ Not much is known about his background. ❍ Do you know about Jack getting arrested?
❏ know-all (US know-it-all ) n (infml derog ) လူတတ်ကြီး။ She's a real know-all.
❏ know sth as well as I/ you do [IDM ] မင်းကိုယ်တိုင် သိပါတယ်။ မင်းလည်း သိသားပဲ။ You know as well as I do that you're being unreasonable.
❏ know sth backwards [IDM ] (infml ) ပယ်ပယ်နယ်နယ်။ အမြီးပြန်ခေါင်းပြန်။ You've read that book so many times you must know it backwards by now⚠
❏ know best [IDM ] အသိဆုံးပဲ။ The doctor told you to stay in bed, and he knows best.
❏ know better (than that/than to do sth) [IDM ] ဒီလောက်တော့ အသိဉာဏ်ရှိဖို့ ကောင်းတယ်၊ သိသင့်တယ်။ You ought to know better (than to trust her). ❍ You left the car unlocked? You should know better than that.
❏ know different/otherwise [IDM ] (infml ) မဟုတ်မှန်း သိသည်။ He says he was at the cinema, but I know different.
❏ know-how n [U] ကျွမ်းကျင်မှု။ financial know-how ❍ We need somebody with the know-how to check the equipment.
❏ know sb/sth inside out; know sb/sth like the back of one's hand [IDM ] (infml ) နောကျေသည်။ He's a taxi driver , so he knows the city like the back of his hand.
❏ know no bounds [IDM ] (fml ) အတိုင်းအဆမရှိ။ Her love/generosity/fury knew no bounds.
❏ know of sb/sth [PHRV ] သိသည်။ ကြားဖူးသည်။ ‘Isn't tomorrow a holiday?’ ‘Not that I know of (ie Not as far as I am aware). ’ ❍ Do you know of any way to stop a person snoring? ❍ I don't know him personally, though I know of him.
❏ know one's onions ; (Brit ) know one's stuff [IDM ] (infml ) ပါရဂူမြောက်သည်။ တစ်ဖက်ကမ်း ခပ်သည်။
❏ know one's own mind [IDM ] မိမိစိတ်ဆန္ဒကို ပြတ်ပြတ် သားသား သိသည်။
❏ know the score [IDM ] (infml ) သဘောပေါက်သည်။ He knows the score: if he's late for work again he'll lose his job.
❏ know one's way around [IDM ] ကျွမ်းသည်။
❏ know what it is/what it's like (to be/do sth) [IDM ] ကြုံဖူးသည်။ Many famous people have known what it is to be poor.
❏ know what one's talking about [IDM ] (infml ) ကိုယ်တွေ့မျက်မြင်အရ ပြောသည်။ I've lived in China, so I know what I'm talking about.
❏ know which side one's bread is buttered [IDM ] (infml ) အကွက်မြင်သည်။
❏ let it be known/make it known that… [IDM ] အတိအလင်းပြောသည်။ He's let it be known that he wants no presents when he retires.
❏ let sb know [IDM ] အကြောင်းကြားမည်။ I don't know if I can come, but I'll let you know tomorrow.
❏ make oneself known to sb [IDM ] မိမိကိုယ်ကို မည်သူ မည်ဝါဖြစ်ကြောင်း သိစေသည်။ I made myself known to the hotel manager.
❏ not know any better [IDM ] မသိရှာလို့ပါ။ Don't blame the children — they don't know any better.
❏ not know one's arse from one's elbow [IDM ] ( ⚠ sl derog ) ဖင်မှန်းခေါင်းမှန်းမသိ။
❏ not know the first thing about sb/sth/doing sth [IDM ] နကန်းတစ်လုံးမျှ မသိ။ I'm afraid I don't know the first thing about gardening.
❏ not know sb from Adam [IDM ] (infml ) တစ်ခါမျှ မကြားဖူးဘူး။ တစ်ခါမျှ မသိဖူးဘူး။
❏ not know the meaning of the word [IDM ] ကြား တောင်ကြားဖူးမယ် မထင်ဘူး။ ‘Polite —him? He doesn't know the meaning of the word. ’
❏ not know what hit one [IDM ] (infml ) အမ်းသွား သည်။ The first time I heard their music, I didn't know what had hit me.
❏ not know where/which way to look [IDM ] (infml ) မျက်နှာမထားတတ်အောင် ရှက်သည်။ When he started undressing, I didn't know where to look.
❏ there's no knowing/saying/telling [IDM ] မပြော နိုင်ဘူး။ There's absolutely no knowing how he'll react.
❏ (well) what do you know (about that)? [IDM ] (infml esp US ) (အံ့အားသင့်မှု ပြသော အာမေဍ္ဍိတ်)။ ကိုင်း၊ ဆိုစမ်း။ Well what do you know? Look who's here⚠
❏ you know [IDM ] (infml )
၁။ သိတယ်မဟုတ်လား။ သိတယ်နော်။ Guess who I've just seen? Marcia⚠ You know—Jim's wife⚠
၂။ (စကားမပြတ်အောင် စဉ်းစားချိန်ရရန် ကြားညှပ်ပြောသော စကား)။ သိလား၊ ဟုတ်လား စသည်။ ‘I was feeling a bit bored, you know, and so…’
❏ you know something/what? [IDM ] (infml ) (နိဒါန်းပျိုးစကား)။ သိလား။ You know something? I've never really enjoyed Christmas.
❏ you never know [IDM ] မပြောနိုင်ဘူး။ ‘It's sure to rain tomorrow’. ‘Oh, you never know, it could be a nice day’. ❍ You never know when you might need those old jamjars.