冇

Translingual

Han character

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

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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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		冇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎo (mao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): phàⁿ / phò

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: mǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˇ
    • Wade-Giles: mao³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mao
    • IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵
    • Yale: móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàⁿ / phò
    • Tâi-lô: phànn / phò
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰã¹¹/, /pʰə¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰã²¹/, /pʰə²¹/

Definitions

冇

1. (literary, archaic) to not have; to lack
2. (Cantonese) to have not

See also

• 沒／没
• 沒有／没有

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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Vietnamese

Han character

冇 (mậu)

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