Jump to content

不毛

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Chinese

[edit]
not; no hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
simp. and trad.
(不毛)

Pronunciation

[edit]

Adjective

[edit]

不毛

  1. (attributive, of land) barren, sterile, infertile

Synonyms

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]

Descendants

[edit]
Sino-Xenic (不毛):
  • Japanese: ()(もう) (fumō)
  • Korean: 불모(不毛) (bulmo)
  • Vietnamese: bất mao (不毛)

Japanese

[edit]
Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
もう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

[edit]

Adjective

[edit]

()(もう) (fumō-na (adnominal ()(もう) (fumō na), adverbial ()(もう) (fumō ni))

  1. barren, sterile, infertile
    ()(もう)()()になっています。
    Fumō na tochi ni natteimasu.
    The soil has become barren.
  2. barren, fruitless, futile
    ()(もう)(ろん)(そう)
    fumō na ronsō
    a barren controversy

Inflection

[edit]

Synonyms

[edit]

Antonyms

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

()(もう) (fumō

  1. barrenness, sterility, infertility
  2. barrenness, fruitlessness, futility