嘸

See also: 呒

嘸 U+5638, 嘸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5638 ← 嘷 [U+5637] CJK Unified Ideographs 嘹 → [U+5639]

Translingual

Han character

嘸 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口人廿火 (ROTF), four-corner 6803₁, composition ⿰口無)

1. unclear
2. an expletive
3. not

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 207, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4269
• Dae Jaweon: page 430, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 684, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5638

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 無
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (無) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
墲	*m̥ʰaː, *maː, *ma
橅	*maː
膴	*hmaː, *ma, *maʔ
幠	*hmaː
鄦	*hmaʔ
撫	*m̥ʰaʔ
無	*ma
瞴	*ma, *maʔ
蕪	*ma
璑	*ma
鷡	*ma
譕	*ma
憮	*ma, *maʔ
舞	*maʔ
廡	*maʔ
嫵	*maʔ
甒	*maʔ
潕	*maʔ
儛	*maʔ

Etymology 1

trad.		嘸
simp.		呒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǔ, wǔ (fu³, wu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ, ㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu², mou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǔ
    • Wade–Giles: fu³
    • Yale: fǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuu
    • Palladius: фу (fu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wu³
    • Yale: wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuu
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu², mou⁵
    • Yale: fú, móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu², mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu², mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵/, /mou̯¹³/

Definitions

嘸

1. ^† stunned; stupified

Compounds

• 嘸然／呒然

 

Etymology 2

trad.		嘸
simp.		呒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ḿ (m²)

  (Zhuyin): ㆬˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): m⁴, mou⁵
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶m

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ḿ
    • Zhuyin: ㆬˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ḿ
    • Wade–Giles: m²
    • Yale: ḿ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: m2
    • Palladius: м (m)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: m⁴, mou⁵
    • Yale: m̀h, móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: m⁴, mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: m⁴, mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹/, /mou̯¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶m
    • MiniDict: m^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhmm
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /m̩²³/

Definitions

嘸

1. (dialectal) to not have; to be without
2. (dialectal) not
3. (dialectal) no matter

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 沒有 (“to not have (+ noun)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		無, 無有
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		沒有
Mandarin	Beijing	沒有, 沒
	Taiwan	沒有, 沒
	Jinan	沒有, 沒
	Xi'an	沒有
	Wuhan	冇得
	Chengdu	沒得
	Guilin	沒得
	Yangzhou	不得, 沒得
	Hefei	沒
	Malaysia	沒有, 沒
	Singapore	沒有, 沒
	Dagudi (Maliba)	不有
	Reshuitang (Longling)	不有
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	不有
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	不有
Cantonese	Guangzhou	冇, 冇有
	Hong Kong	冇
	Taishan	冇
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	冇有
	Hepu (Shatian)	冇有
	Beihai	冇, 冇有
	Beihai (Nankang)	冇
	Beihai (Yingpan)	冇有
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	冇, 冇有
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	冇, 冇有
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	冇, 冇有
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	冇
	Penang (Guangfu)	冇
	Singapore (Guangfu)	冇
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	冇
	Móng Cái	冇, 冇有
Gan	Nanchang	冒有, 冇
Hakka	Meixian	無
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	無
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	無
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	無
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	無
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	無
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	無
	Singapore (Dabu)	無
Huizhou	Jixi	沒
Jin	Taiyuan	沒, 沒啦
Northern Min	Jian'ou	無
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	無
	Singapore (Fuqing)	無
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	無
Southern Min	Xiamen	無
	Quanzhou	無
	Zhangzhou	無
	Zhao'an	無
	Taipei	無
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	無
	Kaohsiung	無
	Yilan	無
	Changhua (Lukang)	無
	Taichung	無
	Tainan	無
	Hsinchu	無
	Kinmen	無
	Penghu (Magong)	無
	Penang (Hokkien)	無
	Singapore (Hokkien)	無
	Manila (Hokkien)	無
	Chaozhou	無
	Shantou	無
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	無
	Jieyang	無
	Haifeng	無
	Bangkok (Teochew)	無
	Singapore (Teochew)	無
	Batam (Teochew)	無
	Pontianak (Teochew)	無
	Wenchang	無
	Qionghai	無
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	無
Wu	Shanghai	嘸沒, 嘸 dated
	Suzhou	嘸不
	Hangzhou	沒有
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	嘸不
	Shaoxing	唔有
	Ningbo	嘸沒, 嘸 dated
	Wenzhou	冇
	Jinhua	嘸, 嘸沒
Xiang	Changsha	冇得, 冇
	Shuangfeng	冇得

Compounds

• 嘸不／呒不
• 嘸啥／呒啥
• 嘸沒／呒没

 

Etymology 3

trad.		嘸
simp.		呒
alternative forms		無／无

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mó (mo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò
• Eastern Min (BUC): mŏ
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶mo

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mó
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mó
    • Wade–Giles: mo²
    • Yale: mwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo
    • Palladius: мо (mo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo⁴
    • Yale: mòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò
    • Hakka Romanization System: moˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo²
    • Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mŏ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶mo
    • MiniDict: mo^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mo
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mo²³/

Definitions

嘸

1. Only used in 喃嘸／喃呒.

Compounds

• 喃嘸／喃呒
• 喃嘸佬／喃呒佬

 

Etymology 4

trad.		嘸
simp.		呒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wú (wu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wú
    • Wade–Giles: wu²
    • Yale: wú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô
    • Tâi-lô: bô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: booi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³/

Definitions

嘸

1. (chiefly Hokkien) Alternative form of 無／无 (bô, “not have”)

Compounds

• 嘸蝦米／呒虾米 (Wúxiāmǐ)
• 嘸蝦米輸入法／呒虾米输入法 (Wúxiāmǐ shūrùfǎ)

 

Etymology 5

trad.		嘸
simp.		呒

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): m̄

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̄
    • Tâi-lô: m̄
    • Phofsit Daibuun: m
    • IPA (Xiamen): /m̩²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /m̩⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /m̩²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /m̩³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /m̩³³/

Definitions

嘸

1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 毋 (m̄, “not”)

   • 我愛你　嘸願傷害著你 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     我爱你　呒愿伤害着你 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2011, 黃永發; 吳靜慧 (lyrics and music), 為你寫的詩, performed by 秀蘭瑪雅 [Showlen Maya]

     góa ài lí, m̄ goān siong-hāi tio̍h lí [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I love you, I don't want to hurt you

Japanese

Kanji

嘸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: む (mu)
• Kan-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kun: さぞ (sazo, 嘸)

Kanji in this term
嘸
さぞ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さ​ぞ [sáꜜzò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠zo̞]

Adverb

嘸(さぞ) • (sazo) 

1. no doubt, certainly, surely

Synonyms

• 嘸(さぞ)かし (sazokashi)
• 嘸(さぞ)や (sazoya)

Korean

Hanja

嘸 • (mu) (hangeul 무, revised mu, McCune–Reischauer mu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嘸: Hán Nôm readings: vỗ, vổ

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