莫邪

Chinese

		do not; there is none who	daemonical; iniquitous; nefarious
trad. (莫邪)		莫	邪
simp. #(莫邪)		莫	邪
alternative forms		莫耶 鏌耶／镆耶 鏌鎁／镆𲈍 鏌邪／镆邪 鏌鋣／镆铘 莫耶 鏌耶／镆耶 鏌鎁／镆𲈍 鏌邪／镆邪 鏌鋣／镆铘 鏌釾／镆䥺

Etymology

Resemblance to Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz (“sword”) has been noted by some.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mòyé

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶ je⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mòyé
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mòyé
    • Wade–Giles: Mo⁴-yeh²
    • Yale: Mwò-yé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mohye
    • Palladius: Мое (Moje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ jɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mok⁶ je⁴
    • Yale: mohk yèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹ je⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶ yé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚² jɛː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mak yae

Rime
Character	莫	邪
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	慕各切	以遮切
Baxter	mak	yae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɑk̚/	/jia/
Pan Wuyun	/mɑk̚/	/jia/
Shao Rongfen	/mɑk̚/	/ia/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mak̚/	/jia/
Li Rong	/mɑk̚/	/ia/
Wang Li	/mɑk̚/	/jĭa/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mɑk̚/	/i̯a/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò	yé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mok6	je4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤak  [ɢ](r)A/

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːɡ  laː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	莫	邪
Reading #	1/2	4/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mò	yé
Middle Chinese	‹ mak ›	‹ yæ ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁak/	/*[ɢ](r)A/
English	there is no X such that X	(interrogative particle)
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	莫	邪
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	9252	14197
Phonetic component	莫	牙
Rime group	鐸	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	莫	邪
Old Chinese	/*maːɡ/	/*laː/
Notes	從日在茻中，暮初文，小徐茻亦聲	俗作耶

Proper noun

莫邪

1. Mo Ye, wife of Gan Jiang (干將 (Gānjiāng)), a female swordsmith who lived during the Spring and Autumn period in Chinese history.
2. (historical) Mo Ye, one of a pair of legendary swords made by this swordsmith couple.

Noun

莫邪

1. (literary, figurative) any sharp sword

Derived terms

• 干將莫邪 (gānjiāng-mòyé)
• 莫邪鈍，鉛刀銛 / 莫邪钝，铅刀铦