無義

See also: 无义

Chinese

		not have	justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (無義)		無	義
simp. (无义)		无	义

Pronunciation

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edit edit 無意／无意 無異／无异 無益／无益 無義／无义

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ ji⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-gī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúyì
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-i⁴
    • Yale: wú-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuyih
    • Palladius: уи (ui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ i⁵¹/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ ji⁶
    • Yale: mòuh yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ jiː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-gī
    • Tâi-lô: bô-gī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'gi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² ɡi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² ɡi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² ɡi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ ɡi³³/

Verb

無義

1. (literary) to lack morals; to lack a sense of justice or fairness
2. (of a character or word) to lack meaning; to be meaningless
3. (of DNA mutations) nonsense

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無義):

• → Vietnamese: vô nghĩa (無義)