無言

See also: 无言

Chinese

		not have	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (無言)		無	言
simp. (无言)		无	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ jin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vù-ngièn / vù-ngiàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-giân / bô-gân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúyán
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-yen²
    • Yale: wú-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuyan
    • Palladius: уянь (ujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 無言／无言 無顏／无颜 無鹽／无盐

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ jin⁴
    • Yale: mòuh yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ jiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vù-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: vuˇ ngienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vu² ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /vu¹¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vù-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: vuˇ ngianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vu² ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /vu¹¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-giân
    • Tâi-lô: bô-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'gieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-gân
    • Tâi-lô: bô-gân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'gaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² ɡan¹³/

Verb

無言

1. to have nothing to say; to be silent

Derived terms

• 啞口無言／哑口无言 (yǎkǒuwúyán)
• 啞然無言／哑然无言
• 嘿嘿無言／嘿嘿无言
• 木訥無言／木讷无言
• 杜口無言／杜口无言
• 桃李無言，下自成蹊／桃李无言，下自成蹊
• 無言不讎，無德不報／无言不雠，无德不报
• 無言以對／无言以对 (wúyányǐduì)
• 無言症／无言症
• 相對無言／相对无言
• 緘口無言／缄口无言
• 閉口無言／闭口无言
• 頓口無言／顿口无言 (dùnkǒuwúyán)
• 默默無言／默默无言

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無言):

• → Japanese: 無言(むげん) (mugen); 無言(むごん) (mugon)
• → Korean: 무언(無言) (mueon)

See also

• 無語／无语 (wúyǔ)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
無	言
む Grade: 4	ごん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) むごん [mùgóń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɡõ̞ɴ]

Noun

無(む)言(ごん) • (mugon) 

1. silence

   その無言(むごん)は多(おお)くを語(かた)っている。

   Sono mugon wa ōku o katatteiru.

   That silence is saying much.

Derived terms

• 無言歌(むごんか) (mugonka)
• 無言劇(むごんげき) (mugongeki, “pantomime”)
• 無言交易(むごんこうえき) (mugon kōeki, “silent trade”)
• 無言症(むごんしょう) (mugonshō, “mutism”)
• 無言(むごん)の行(ぎょう) (mugon no gyō, “practising silence”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
無	言
む Grade: 4	げん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) むげん [mùgéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

無(む)言(げん) • (mugen) 

1. silence