不可知

bùkězhī
  1. agnostic
  2. unknowable; inscrutable; inconceivable

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 不可 bùkě cannot; should not; must not
=2 知 zhī
  1. to know
  2. to be aware
=2 知 zhì
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 智 (zhì, “knowing, wisdom, intelligence”).
  2. Original form of 智 (zhì, “knowing, wisdom, intelligence”).

Containing this entry

不可知论 bùkězhīlùn agnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in principle unanswerable