無聲

Chinese

		not have	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
trad. (無聲)		無	聲
simp. (无声)		无	声

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ sing¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-sâng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-siaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúsheng
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-shêng¹
    • Yale: wú-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wusheng
    • Palladius: ушэн (ušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 無聲／无声 無生／无生

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ sing¹
    • Yale: mòuh sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-sâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: mo^ˇ sang^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo² sang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ saŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-siaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: bô-siann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boisviaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² siã³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ siã⁴⁴/

Adjective

無聲

1. noiseless; voiceless; silent

Antonyms

• 有聲／有声 (yǒushēng)

Derived terms

• 仗馬無聲／仗马无声
• 悄然無聲／悄然无声
• 悄無聲息／悄无声息
• 明者視於無形，聰者聽於無聲／明者视于无形，聪者听于无声
• 無聲戲／无声戏 (wúshēngxì)
• 無聲無息／无声无息 (wúshēngwúxī)
• 無聲無臭／无声无臭
• 無聲詩／无声诗
• 無聲電影／无声电影
• 萬籟無聲／万籁无声
• 闃寂無聲／阒寂无声
• 靜謐無聲／静谧无声
• 鴉雀無聲／鸦雀无声 (yāquèwúshēng)
• 鴉鵲無聲／鸦鹊无声
• 默然無聲／默然无声
• 默默無聲／默默无声

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無聲):

• → Japanese: 無(む)声(せい) (musei)
• → Korean: 무성(無聲) (museong)
• → Vietnamese: vô thanh (無聲)

Others:

• → Malay: bohsia (via Min Nan)