毋 wú

1. wú radical Kangxi radical 80
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: Alternate form for 母 (Guoyu '毋' n 2)
2. wú verb to not have
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 毋 appears instead of 無 sometimes in Classical Chinese as a negative copula in Literary Chinese (Guoyu '毋' v 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 107)
3. wú adverb do not
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 毋 in a prohibitive sense in imperative sentences in Literary Chinese (Guoyu '毋' adv 2; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 138; Unihan '毋')
4. wú adverb not
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 不 (Guoyu '毋' adv 2; Unihan '毋')
5. wú proper noun Wu
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '毋' n 1; Unihan '毋')

Contained in

• 毋忘 Don't forget!
• 毋庸 no need for
• 宁缺毋滥(寧缺毋濫) rather have nothing
• 毋宁(毋寧) not as good as; would rather
• 少安毋躁 keep calm, don't get excited; don't be impatient
• 不自由，毋宁死(不自由，毋寧死) give me liberty or give me death
• 卑之，毋甚高论(卑之，毋甚高論) my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 61
• 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 46
• 《龜策列傳》 Biographies of Diviners Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 29
• 《趙世家》 House of Zhao Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 26
• 八觀第十三 Chapter 13: Eight Observations Guanzi 管子 — count: 24
• 重令第十五 Chapter 15: Important Edicts Guanzi 管子 — count: 24
• 卷五　時則訓 Chapter 5: Seasonal Standards Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 21
• 卷三十五 本紀第三十五 孝宗三 Volume 35 Annals 35: Xiaozong 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 20
• 卷一百八十六 志第一百三十九 食貨下八 Volume 186 Treatises 139: Finance and Economics 2h History of Song 宋史 — count: 20
• 卷一百七十三 志第一百二十六 食貨上一 Volume 173 Treatises 126: Finance and Economics 1a History of Song 宋史 — count: 19

Collocations

• 毋失 (毋失) 則使毋失其土宜 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 毋固 (毋固) 毋固 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 9. 《子罕》 Zi Han — count: 3
• 毋废 (毋廢) 毋廢王命 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 2
• 毋茍 (毋茍) 臨財毋茍得 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 2
• 毋求 (毋求) 很毋求勝 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 2
• 毋使 (毋使) 毋使婦人與國事 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2