無味

See also: 无味

Chinese

		not have	taste
trad. (無味)		無	味
simp. (无味)		无	味

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ mei⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-mi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúwèi
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-wei⁴
    • Yale: wú-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuwey
    • Palladius: увэй (uvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 無味／无味 無畏／无畏 無謂／无谓

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ mei⁶
    • Yale: mòuh meih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ mei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ méi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ mei̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-mi
    • Hakka Romanization System: moˇ mi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo² mi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ mi⁵⁵/

Adjective

無味

1. (literally) tasteless; having no flavour
2. (figurative) dull; flat; boring

Synonyms

• (dull):

• 乏味 (fáwèi)
• 乾燥／干燥 (gānzào)
• 乾癟／干瘪 (gānbiě) (of writing)
• 俗 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 單一／单一 (dānyī)
• 單調／单调 (dāndiào)
• 枯燥 (kūzào)
• 枯索 (kūsuǒ) (literary)
• 沒趣／没趣 (méiqù)
• 無俗／无俗 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 無局／无局 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 無想俗／无想俗 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 無聊／无聊 (wúliáo)
• 無藝／无艺 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 無藝量／无艺量 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 無趣／无趣 (wúqù)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “dull”): 有趣 (yǒuqù), 有意思 (yǒuyìsi)

Derived terms

• 冰冷無味／冰冷无味
• 枯燥無味／枯燥无味
• 淡然無味／淡然无味
• 淡而無味／淡而无味
• 淡薄無味／淡薄无味
• 索然無味／索然无味 (suǒránwúwèi)
• 言語無味／言语无味
• 語言無味／语言无味
• 食之無味，棄之不甘／食之无味，弃之不甘
• 食之無味，棄之可惜／食之无味，弃之可惜 (shí zhī wúwèi, qì zhī kěxī)