無畏

See also: 无畏

Chinese

		not have	to fear
trad. (無畏)		無	畏
simp. (无畏)		无	畏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ wai³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bû-ùi / bô-ùi / bû-ùiⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ ui³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúwèi
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-wei⁴
    • Yale: wú-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuwey
    • Palladius: увэй (uvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 無味 / 无味 無畏 / 无畏 無謂 / 无谓

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ wai³
    • Yale: mòuh wai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ wai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ wei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ wɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-ùi
    • Tâi-lô: bû-uì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bu'uix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² ui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² ui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-ùi
    • Tâi-lô: bô-uì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'uix
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ ui²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-ùiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: bû-uìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bu'vuix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² uĩ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bho⁵ ui³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô ùi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ui²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: mju 'jw+jH

Rime
Character	無	畏
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武夫切	於胃切
Baxter	mju	'jw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo/	/ʔʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/	/ʔʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/	/ʔiuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/	/ʔujH/
Li Rong	/mio/	/ʔiuəiH/
Wang Li	/mĭu/	/ĭwəiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯u/	/ʔwe̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou4	wai3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ma  ʔuj-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ma  quls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	無	畏
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wú	wèi
Middle Chinese	‹ mju ›	‹ ʔjwɨjH ›
Old Chinese	/*ma/	/*ʔuj-s/
English	not have	fear (v.); threaten
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	無	畏
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13117	12939
Phonetic component	無	畏
Rime group	魚	微
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	無	尉
Old Chinese	/*ma/	/*quls/

Adjective

無畏

1. fearless; intrepid

Synonyms

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• 勇敢 (yǒnggǎn)
• 勇猛 (yǒngměng)
• 大無畏 / 大无畏 (dàwúwèi) (utterly fearless)
• 果敢 (guǒgǎn)
• 神勇 (shényǒng) (extraordinarily brave)
• 英勇 (yīngyǒng)

 

Antonyms

• 懦弱 (nuòruò)
• 喪膽／丧胆 (sàngdǎn)

Derived terms

• 大無畏 / 大无畏 (dàwúwèi)
• 無私無畏 / 无私无畏 (wúsīwúwèi)