之無

Chinese

		's; him/her/it; this	not have
trad. (之無)		之	無
simp. (之无)		之	无

Etymology

Refers to the supposed account that Bai Juyi could recognize the characters 之 and 無 when he was six to seven months old.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīwú

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ mou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīwú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihwú
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-wu²
    • Yale: jr̄-wú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jywu
    • Palladius: чжиу (čžiu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ mou⁴
    • Yale: jī mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ mou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ mou̯²¹/

Noun

之無

1. (literary) simplest and most common characters
2. (literary) easy-to-read words

Derived terms

• 不識之無／不识之无 (bùshízhīwú)
• 略識之無／略识之无