無成

See also: 无成

Chinese

		not have	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
trad. (無成)		無	成
simp. (无成)		无	成

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ sing⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vù-sṳ̀n

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúchéng
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-chʻêng²
    • Yale: wú-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wucherng
    • Palladius: учэн (učɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ sing⁴
    • Yale: mòuh sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ sɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vù-sṳ̀n
    • Hakka Romanization System: vuˇ siinˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vu² sin²
    • Sinological IPA: /vu¹¹ sɨn¹¹/

Verb

無成

1. (literary) to not accomplish (anything); to not achieve (anything); to be without success

Derived terms

• 一事無成／一事无成 (yīshìwúchéng)
• 疑行無成，疑事無功／疑行无成，疑事无功
• 白首無成／白首无成
• 百事無成／百事无成
• 老大無成／老大无成

 

Pronunciation 2

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-sàng

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-sàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: moˇ sangˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo² sang²
    • Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ saŋ¹¹/

Adverb

無成

1. (Hakka) Indicates a rhetorical question: surely it doesn't mean that..., is it possible that...

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 難道 (“could it be that; is it possible that”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		莫非, 豈, 莫不是
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		莫非, 豈, 難道, 莫不是
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	難道, 難不成, 甭
	Taiwan	難道, 難不成
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	難說
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔通
	Hong Kong	唔通
	Taishan	唔成, 敢係, 唔得旨, 毋旨, 毋旨估
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	無成, 敢講, 敢係
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	無成, 敢講, 敢係
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	無成, 敢講, 敢係
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	無成, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	無成, 毋成, 敢講, 敢係
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	無敢, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係
Southern Min	Xiamen	敢, 總無
	Quanzhou	敢, 總無, 攏無
	Zhangzhou	敢, 總無
	Tainan	敢
	Manila (Hokkien)	敢
	Shantou	未是
	Jieyang	未是, 敢, 敢是
Wu	Shanghai	只勿
	Shanghai (Chongming)	難算得
Xiang	Changsha	冇過