無緣無故

See also: 无缘无故

Chinese

		not have	along; predestined affinity; reason along; predestined affinity; reason; edge	not have	happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old
trad. (無緣無故)		無	緣	無	故
simp. (无缘无故)		无	缘	无	故
Built on 緣故／缘故 (yuángù).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúyuánwúgù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄨˊ ㄍㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ jyun⁴ mou⁴ gu³
• Gan (Wiktionary): u⁴ yon u⁴ gu⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-yèn-mò-ku / mò-yàn-mò-ku
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-iân-bô-kò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúyuánwúgù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄨˊ ㄍㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúyuánwúgù
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-yüan²-wu²-ku⁴
    • Yale: wú-ywán-wú-gù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuyuanwuguh
    • Palladius: уюаньугу (ujuanʹugu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ u³⁵ ku⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ jyun⁴ mou⁴ gu³
    • Yale: mòuh yùhn mòuh gu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ jyn⁴ mou⁴ gu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ yun⁴ mou⁴ gu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ jyːn²¹ mou̯²¹ kuː³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: u⁴ yon u⁴ gu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ yɵn² u³⁵ ku³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-yèn-mò-ku
    • Hakka Romanization System: moˇ ienˇ moˇ gu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo² yan² mo² gu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ i̯en¹¹ mo¹¹ ku⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-yàn-mò-ku
    • Hakka Romanization System: moˇ (r)ianˇ moˇ gu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo² yan² mo² gu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ (j)i̯an¹¹ mo¹¹ ku⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-iân-bô-kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: bô-iân-bô-kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'ienboi'kox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² kɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² iɛn¹³⁻²² bo¹³⁻²² kɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ iɛn²³⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ kɔ²¹/

Adverb

無緣無故

1. without cause or reason; for no reason at all

   • 世上決沒有無緣無故的愛，也沒有無緣無故的恨。 [MSC, trad.]
     世上决没有无缘无故的爱，也没有无缘无故的恨。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Shìshàng jué méiyǒu wúyuánwúgù de ài, yě méiyǒu wúyuánwúgù de hèn. [Pinyin]

     There is absolutely no such thing in the world as love or hatred without reason or cause.

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 無啦啦／无啦啦, 無情情／无情情, 無端端／无端端 (wúduānduān), 無情白事／无情白事, 無端白事／无端白事, 無神神／无神神
• (Hokkien) 無因致端／无因致端, 無因端／无因端, 無事無白／无事无白, 無代無誌／无代无志, 無底無代／无底无代
• (Xiang) 無情冇事／无情冇事

See also

• 突然 (tūrán, “suddenly”)