無頭公案

Chinese

		not have	head; (noun suffix)	court table; complicated legal case
trad. (無頭公案)		無	頭	公案
simp. (无头公案)		无	头	公案

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wútóugōng'àn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ tau⁴ gung¹ on³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-thâu-kong-àn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wútóugōng'àn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wútóugong-àn
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-tʻou²-kung¹-an⁴
    • Yale: wú-tóu-gūng-àn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wutourgongann
    • Palladius: утоугунъань (utougunʺanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ˀän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ tau⁴ gung¹ on³
    • Yale: mòuh tàuh gūng on
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ tau⁴ gung¹ on³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ teo⁴ gung¹ on³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ɔːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-thâu-kong-àn
    • Tâi-lô: bô-thâu-kong-àn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'tau'kong'axn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² an²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ³³ an⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² an²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ an¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ tʰau²³⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ an²¹/

Idiom

無頭公案

1. case without any clues for solving it

Synonyms

• 無頭案／无头案 (wútóu'àn)