無所不為

See also: 无所不为

Chinese

		not have	actually; place; (nominalization prefix)	not; no	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
trad. (無所不為/無所不爲)		無	所	不	為/爲
simp. (无所不为)		无	所	不	为

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúsuǒbùwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ so² bat¹ wai⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bû-só͘-put-ûi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúsuǒbùwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúsuǒbùwéi
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-so³-pu⁴-wei²
    • Yale: wú-swǒ-bù-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wusuoobuwei
    • Palladius: усобувэй (usobuvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ so² bat¹ wai⁴
    • Yale: mòuh só bāt wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ so² bat⁷ wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ so² bed¹ wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ sɔː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-só͘-put-ûi
    • Tâi-lô: bû-sóo-put-uî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: busofput'uii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²⁴/

Idiom

無所不為

1. to stop at nothing; to do all manner of evil

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無所不為):

• → Korean: 무소불위(無所不爲) (musoburwi)