無謂

See also: 无谓

Chinese

		not have	speak of
trad. (無謂)		無	謂
simp. (无谓)		无	谓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ wai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bû-ūi / bô-ūi

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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 wai⁶
    • Yale: mòuh waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ wɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: bû-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bu'ui
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² ui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² ui²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² ui²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: bô-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'ui
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ ui³³/

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• Middle Chinese: mju hjw+jH

Rime
Character	無	謂
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	云 (35)
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	于貴切
Baxter	mju	hjw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo/	/ɦʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/	/ɦʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/	/ɣiuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/	/ɦujH/
Li Rong	/mio/	/ɣiuəiH/
Wang Li	/mĭu/	/ɣĭwəiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯u/	/we̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou4	wai6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ma  [ɢ]ʷə[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ma  ɢuds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	無	謂
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wú	wèi
Middle Chinese	‹ mju ›	‹ hjw+jH ›
Old Chinese	/*ma/	/*[ɢ]ʷə[t]-s/
English	not have	say, tell, call
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	謂
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13117	12943
Phonetic component	無	胃
Rime group	魚	隊
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	無	胃
Old Chinese	/*ma/	/*ɢuds/

Adjective

無謂

1. pointless; idle

   講啲無謂嘢／讲啲无谓嘢 [Cantonese]  ―  gong² di¹ mou⁴ wai⁶ je⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  talk about nonsense things