無故

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Chinese

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not have reason
trad. (無故)
simp. (无故)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (28)
Final () (24) (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter mju kuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mɨo/ /kuoH/
Pan
Wuyun
/mio/ /kuoH/
Shao
Rongfen
/mio/ /koH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muə̆/ /kɔH/
Li
Rong
/mio/ /koH/
Wang
Li
/mĭu/ /kuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/mi̯u/ /kuoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mou4 gu3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/3 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ mju › ‹ kuH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ma/ /*kˁa(ʔ)-s/
English not have fact; reason

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13117 4228
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ma/ /*kaːs/

Adverb

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無故

  1. (literary) for no reason; without a reason
    無故缺席无故缺席  ―  wúgù quēxí  ―  to be absent without a reason