無從

See also: 无从

Chinese

		not have	from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried
trad. (無從)		無	從
simp. (无从)		无	从

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúcóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄘㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ cung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bû-chiông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúcóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄘㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúcóng
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-tsʻung²
    • Yale: wú-tsúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wutsorng
    • Palladius: уцун (ucun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ cung⁴
    • Yale: mòuh chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 毛蟲 / 毛虫 無從 / 无从

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-chiông
    • Tâi-lô: bû-tsiông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bucioong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² t͡siɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² t͡siɔŋ²⁴/

Adverb

無從

1. to have no way of; to not be in a position to

   • 凡我造邦，無從匪彝，無即慆淫，各守爾典，以承天休。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     凡我造邦，无从匪彝，无即慆淫，各守尔典，以承天休。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 7^th – 4^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Fán wǒ zào bāng, wúcóng fěi yí, wú jí tāo yín, gè shǒu ěr diǎn, yǐ chéng tiānxiū. [Pinyin]

     Throughout all the regions that enter on a new life under me, do not, [ye princes], follow lawless ways; make no approach to insolence and dissoluteness; let every one be careful to keep his statutes: - that so we may receive the favour of Heaven.

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 無帶／无带