無影無跡

Chinese

		not have	picture; image; reflection picture; image; reflection; shadow	not have	footprint; mark; trace footprint; mark; trace; vestige; sign; indication
trad. (無影無跡/無影無迹)		無	影	無	跡/迹
simp. (无影无迹)		无	影	无	迹

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-yáng-mò-chiak
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bô-iáⁿ-bô-chiah / bô-iáⁿ-bô-liah

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ ian² bho⁵ ziah⁴

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-yáng-mò-chiak
    • Hakka Romanization System: moˇ iang` moˇ jiag`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo² yang³ mo² jiag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ i̯aŋ³¹ mo¹¹ t͡si̯ak̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-yáng-mò-chiak
    • Hakka Romanization System: moˇ (r)iang` moˇ jiag`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo² yang³ mo² jiag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ (j)i̯aŋ³¹ mo¹¹ t͡si̯ak̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-iáⁿ-bô-chiah
    • Tâi-lô: bô-iánn-bô-tsiah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'viafboiciaq
    • IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ iã⁴²⁻²⁴ bo²⁴⁻²¹ t͡siaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² iã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² t͡siaʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ iã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² iã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² t͡siaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² iã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo¹³⁻²² t͡siaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ iã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɤ²³⁻³³ t͡siaʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-iáⁿ-bô-liah
    • Tâi-lô: bô-iánn-bô-liah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'viafboiliaq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² iã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² liaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² iã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo¹³⁻²² liaʔ³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bho⁵ ian² bho⁵ ziah⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô iáⁿ bô tsiah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ĩã⁵²⁻³⁵ bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siaʔ²/

Idiom

無影無跡

1. (Hakka) to disappear without a trace
2. (Hakka, Teochew) to fabricate something out of thin air
3. (Hokkien, Teochew) baseless
4. (Teochew) impossible

Synonyms

• 沒影／没影 (méiyǐng)
• 沒影兒／没影儿 (méiyǐngr)
• 沒有影兒／没有影儿 (méiyǒuyǐngr)
• 無影無蹤／无影无踪 (wúyǐngwúzōng)
• 無蹤無影／无踪无影 (wúzōngwúyǐng)
• 無魂影／无魂影 (Teochew)
• 無魂無影／无魂无影 (Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew)

 

• (to fabricate something out of thin air): 無中生有／无中生有 (wúzhōng-shēngyǒu)
• (baseless): 子虛烏有／子虚乌有 (zǐxū-wūyǒu)

References

• “Entry #8693”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.