冇

Translingual

Han character

冇 (radical 13 冂+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 大月 (KB), X大月 (XKB), four-corner 4022₇)

1. have not (Cantonese)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 128, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 96, character 17
• Unihan data for U+5187

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Cantonese

Hanzi

冇 (Yale mou5)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

冇 (pinyin mǎo (mao3), Wade-Giles mou³)

Verb

冇 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin mǎo)

1. (literary) to not have; to lack

Usage notes

• Originally from Cantonese, the meaning of this character is now passively understood by many Mandarin speakers.

References

• 2007, Hanyu Da Cidian 3.0 (in Mandarin), Hong Kong: Commercial Press, ISBN 9789620702778:

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Min Nan

Han character

冇 (phaⁿ, phò)

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Vietnamese

Han character

冇 (mậu)