無名

See also: 无名

Chinese

		not have	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (無名)		無	名
simp. (无名)		无	名
Literally: “to not have a name”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ ming⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vù-miàng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bû-bêng / bô-miâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúmíng
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-ming²
    • Yale: wú-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuming
    • Palladius: умин (umin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ ming⁴
    • Yale: mòuh mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ mɪŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 無名／无名 無明／无明

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vù-miàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: vuˇ miangˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vu² miang²
    • Sinological IPA: /vu¹¹ mi̯aŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: bû-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bu'beeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-miâ
    • Tâi-lô: bô-miâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boimiaa
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² miã²⁴/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 無名

1. (attributive) anonymous; nameless
2. unknown; unnotable; unremarkable
3. unexplainable; inexplicable

Antonyms

• 有名 (yǒumíng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無名):

• → Japanese: 無名(むめい) (mumei)
• → Korean: 무명(無名) (mumyeong)
• → Vietnamese: vô danh (無名)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
無	名
む Grade: 4	めい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese compound 無名／无名 (mju mjieng, literally “not have + name”).

Noun

無(む)名(めい) • (mumei) 

1. namelessness, anonymity
2. lack of fame, unnotability

Usage notes

Often used attributively to modify other nouns, using the particle の (no).

• 無名(むめい)の手紙(てがみ)、無名(むめい)の新人(しんじん)

  mumei no tegami, mumei no shinjin

  a nameless (unsigned) letter; a nameless (unknown, not famous) new person