zhī
suǒ
yún

idiom

Meaning of 不知所云

不知所云 means not know what one is talking about; speak incoherently. Pronounced bù zhī suǒ yún.

  • not know what one is talking about; speak incoherently

Definitions & Examples

zuì
hòu
lún
 
jiǎn
zhí
zhī
suǒ
yún
 

After getting drunk, he was incoherent; one simply couldn't understand what he was saying.

Zhè
fèn
bào
gào
luó
hùn
luàn
 
ràng
rén
hòu
zhī
suǒ
yún
 

This report is logically messy; after reading it, one is left wondering what the point was.

wèi
jiào
shòu
de
yǎn
jiǎng
guò
huì
 
duō
xué
sheng
dōu
fǎn
yìng
zhī
suǒ
yún
 

That professor's lecture was overly obscure; many students reported they couldn't grasp what he was saying.

xiě
de
dōng
西
dōng
西
chě
 
wán
quán
zhī
suǒ
yún
 

What he wrote rambles on and off topic; it's completely unintelligible.