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無心

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Chinese

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not have heart; mind
trad. (無心)
simp. (无心)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (16)
Final () (24) (139)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter mju sim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mɨo/ /siɪm/
Pan
Wuyun
/mio/ /sim/
Shao
Rongfen
/mio/ /sjem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muə̆/ /sim/
Li
Rong
/mio/ /siəm/
Wang
Li
/mĭu/ /sĭĕm/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/mi̯u/ /si̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mou4 sam1

Adjective

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無心

  1. without the desire or intention; unwitting

Adverb

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無心

  1. accidentally; inadvertently; unwittingly
  2. not in the mood to
    無心睡眠 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
    无心睡眠 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
    mou4 sam1 seoi6 min4 [Jyutping]
    "Not in the Mood to Sleep" (a song by Leslie Cheung)

Synonyms

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Noun

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無心

  1. (Buddhism) state of no-mindness

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (無心):
  • Japanese: 無心(むしん) (mushin)
  • Korean: 무심(無心) (musim)
  • Vietnamese: vô tâm (無心)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
しん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology 1

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Noun

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()(しん) (mushin

  1. being something that has no heart, as a plant or rock
  2. unreservedly asking people for money
  3. (Buddhism) setting free one's mind from distracting thoughts

Verb

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()(しん)する (mushin surusuru (stem ()(しん) (mushin shi), past ()(しん)した (mushin shita))

  1. beg someone for

Etymology 2

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Noun

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()(しん) (mushin

  1. innocence; having not a care in the world
  2. imprudence or lack of judgment; naïveté
  3. lack of sophistication; innocence