无 (無) wú
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wú
adverb
no
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: 无 is a negative copula in Literary Chinese in the sense of 不. (CCD '无' 2; FE '無' 1; GHDC '无' 2; Guoyu '無' adv 4; Kroll 2015 '無' 2, p. 480; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 107). -
wú
noun
Kangxi radical 71
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
wú
verb
to not have; without
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 没有 (CCD '无' 1; FE '無' 2; GHDC '无' 1; Guoyu '無' v; Kroll 2015 '無' 1, p. 480; Rouzer 2007, p. 14). For example, 無以異也。'There is no difference!' (Mengzi: 1.4/2/15, translation by Legge) -
wú
adverb
has not yet
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 未 (GHDC '无' 6; Guoyu '無' adv 2) -
mó
foreign
mo
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Used in foreign transliterations (GHDC 2 '无' 1; Guoyu '無' mó; Kroll 2015 '無' 5, p. 480) -
wú
adverb
do not
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense, 无 is a prohibitive particle (CCD '无' 4; GHDC '无' 3; Guoyu '無' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '無' wù, p. 480; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 107; Rouzer 2007; p. 14). For example, 王無罪歲 'Let your Majesty cease to lay the blame on the year' (Mengzi: 1.3/2/9, translation by Legge) -
wú
adverb
not; -less; un-
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 非 (GHDC '无' 7; Guoyu '無' adv 5; Kroll 2015 '無' 3, p. 480) -
wú
conjunction
regardless of
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Subordinate conjunction, synonymous with 无论 (CCD '无' 3; FE '無' 3; GHDC '无' 4; Guoyu '無' adv 3; Kroll 2015 '無' 4, p. 480) -
wú
verb
to not have
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 无; appears instead of 無 sometimes in Classical Chinese as a negative copula in Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 107). -
wú
particle
um
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Particle with no meaning (Guoyu '無' particle) -
wú
proper noun
Wu
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (FE '無' 4; Guoyu '無' n)
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- 无后坐力炮(無後坐力炮) recoilless rifle
- 无价(無價) invaluable; priceless
- 回味无穷(回味無窮) leaving a rich aftertaste; memorable; lingering in memory
- 责无旁贷(責無旁貸) to be duty bound; to be one's unshirkable responsibility
- 走投无路(走投無路) to reach an impasse
- 无罪推定(無罪推定) presumption of innocence
- 无神论(無神論) atheism
- 一览无遗(一覽無遺) be plainly visible
- 无一不精(無一不精) not one lacking in skill
- 两小无猜(兩小無猜) innocent playmates
- 正值无私(正值無私) upright and unbiased
- 无业(無業) unemployed; jobless; out of work
- 无心插柳柳成阴(無心插柳柳成陰) idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you
- 无穷序列(無窮序列) infinite sequence
- 无国界料理(無國界料理) fusion cuisine
- 无底坑(無底坑) the Bottomless Pit; Hell
- 无病自灸(無病自灸) to prescribe moxibustion for oneself when not ill; to cause oneself trouble with superfluous action
- 攻其无备(攻其無備) attack [the enemy] when he is not prepared
- 闲来无事(閒來無事) at leisure; idle; to have nothing to do
- 水火无情(水火無情) Fire and water have no mercy; forces of nature beyond human control; implacable fate
- 出没无常(出沒無常) to appear and disappear unpredictably
- 无悔(無悔) to have no regrets
- 祸福无常(禍福無常) disaster and happiness do not follow rules; future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable
- 贪得无厌(貪得無厭) greedy and never satisfied
- 无所畏忌(無所畏忌) without any fear of consequences; totally devoid of scruples
- 无颌(無頜) jawless (primitive fish)
- 无符号(無符號) unsigned (i.e. the absolute value, regardless of plus or minus sign)
- 贪婪无厌(貪婪無厭) avaricious and insatiable; greedy and never satisfied
- 有色无胆(有色無膽) to be perverse and suggestive towards the opposite sex, but shrinking back when provoked to act on it; to have perverted thoughts but no guts to actually do it
- 无尾熊(無尾熊) koala
- 无有(無有) there is not
- 无论何事(無論何事) anything; whatever
- 无以复加(無以復加) utterly; utmost
- 有嘴无心(有嘴無心) to talk without any intention of acting on it; empty prattle
- 无产阶级专政(無產階級專政) dictatorship of the proletariat
- 无害(無害) harmless
- 无孔不入(無孔不入) nothing is unreachable ; used to ridicule people for toadying for personal gain
- 无忌(無忌) without jealousy ; without the slightest fear ; without manners; recklessly; without avoiding taboos
- 无伴奏合唱(無伴奏合唱) a cappella
- 无所用心(無所用心) not paying attention to anything; to idle time away
- 毫无逊色(毫無遜色) not in the least inferior
- 苍白无力(蒼白無力) pale and feeble; powerless
- 有气无力(有氣無力) weakly and without strength; dispirited
- 尚无(尚無) not yet; not so far
- 此地无银三百两(此地無銀三百兩) 300 silver taels not hidden here; to reveal what one intends to hide
- 无与伦比(無與倫比) incomparable
- 无敌于天下(無敵於天下) unrivaled in the land
- 熟视无睹(熟視無睹) to neglect a familiar sight
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- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 315
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 265
- 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 250
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 239
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 238
- 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 211
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 192
- 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 187
- 卷十五 Scroll 15 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 176
- 卷十九 Scroll 19 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 170