無二

Chinese

		not have	two
trad. (無二)		無	二
simp. (无二)		无	二

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wú'èr

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄦˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ ji⁶

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wú'èr
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄦˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wú-èr
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-êrh⁴
    • Yale: wú-èr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuell
    • Palladius: уэр (uer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ ji⁶
    • Yale: mòuh yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ jiː²²/

Verb

無二

1. to have no difference; to be identical

   • 孫寡婦把玉郎妝扮起來，果然与女兒無二，連自己也認不出真假。又教習些女人禮數。諸色好了，只有兩件難以遮掩，恐怕露出事來。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     孙寡妇把玉郎妆扮起来，果然与女儿无二，连自己也认不出真假。又教习些女人礼数。诸色好了，只有两件难以遮掩，恐怕露出事来。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Feng Menglong, Stories to Awaken the World, 1627 CE

     Sūn guǎfù bǎ Yùláng zhuāngbàn qǐlái, guǒrán yǔ nǚ'ér wú'èr, lián zìjǐ yě rènbùchū zhēnjiǎ. Yòu jiàoxí xiē nǚrén lǐshù. Zhūsè hǎole, zhǐyǒu liǎng jiàn nányǐ zhēyǎn, kǒngpà lòu chū shì lái. [Pinyin]

     Widow Sun made up Jade Boy until he looked exactly like a girl. Even she herself could hardly tell his gender. Then she taught him some feminine manners. All went well except two details that might give him away.

2. (literary) to harbour no disloyalty; to be wholeheartedly faithful

Synonyms

(to have no difference):

• 無異 / 无异 (wúyì)
• 別無二致／别无二致 (biéwú'èrzhì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無	二
む Grade: 4	に Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

無(む) (mu, “no existence”) + 二(に) (ni, “two”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) むに [múꜜnì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ɲ̟i]

Noun

無(む)二(に) • (muni) 

1. Something not duplicated, being singular

   Synonym: 唯一 (yuiitsu, yuitsu)