有無

See also: 有无

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	not have
trad. (有無)		有	無
simp. (有无)		有	无
alternative forms		有亡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒuwú

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ mou⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): ô mò̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ū-bô / ǔ-bô

  (Teochew, Peng'im): u⁷ bho⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒuwú
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒuwú
    • Wade–Giles: yu³-wu²
    • Yale: yǒu-wú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeouwu
    • Palladius: юу (juu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ mou⁴
    • Yale: yáuh mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ mou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ mou̯²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ô mò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou²⁴² mo⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-bô
    • Tâi-lô: ū-bô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uxbooi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u³³⁻²¹ bɤ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u²²⁻²¹ bo²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /u²²⁻²¹ bo¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /u³³⁻¹¹ bo²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǔ-bô
    • Tâi-lô: ǔ-bô
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /u²² bo²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: u⁷ bho⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ū bô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u¹¹ bo⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hjuwX mju

Rime
Character	有	無
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	云久切	武夫切
Baxter	hjuwX	mju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨuX/	/mɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiuX/	/mio/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiəuX/	/mio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuwX/	/muə̆/
Li Rong	/ɣiuX/	/mio/
Wang Li	/ɣĭəuX/	/mĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯uX/	/mi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǒu	wú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau5	mou4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ  ma/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯʔ  ma/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	有	無
Reading #	1/1	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǒu	wú
Middle Chinese	‹ hjuwX ›	‹ mju ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷəʔ/	/*ma/
English	have, exist	not have
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	有	無
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15595	13117
Phonetic component	又	無
Rime group	之	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	有	無
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯʔ/	/*ma/

Noun

有無

1. existence; presence or absence

Verb

有無

1. (literary or Min) to have or not have; is there?

   台語聽有無？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
   台语听有无？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

   Tâi-gí thiaⁿ ū-bô? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   "Do [you] understand Taiwanese?" (program on Mirror Media channel mnews (鏡電視新聞台))

Synonyms

• (Mandarin) 有沒有/有没有
• (Cantonese) 有冇

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (有無):

• → Japanese: 有無(うむ) (umu)
• → Korean: 유무(有無) (yumu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
有	無
う Grade: 3	む Grade: 4
goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うむ [úꜜmù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟mɯ̟]

Noun

有(う)無(む) • (umu) 

1. existence, presence or absence

   怖(こわ)いのはアルコールより肝炎(かんえん)の有無(うむ)を知(し)らないことだ。

   Kowai no wa arukōru yori kan'en no umu o shiranai koto da.

   What’s scarier is not alcohol but not knowing whether you have hepatitis.

Synonyms

• あるなし (aru-nashi), ありなし (ari-nashi)

Derived terms

• 有無(うむ)を言(い)わさず (umu o iwasazu)