無窮

See also: 无穷

Chinese

		not have	exhausted; poor
trad. (無窮)		無	窮
simp. (无穷)		无	穷
anagram		窮無／穷无

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúqióng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ kung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bû-kiông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúqióng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúcyóng
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-chʻiung²
    • Yale: wú-chyúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuchyong
    • Palladius: уцюн (ucjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ kung⁴
    • Yale: mòuh kùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ kung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ kung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-kiông
    • Tâi-lô: bû-kiông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bu'kioong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² kiɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² kiɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² kiɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ kiɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ kiɔŋ²³/

Verb

無窮

1. to be endless; to be boundless; to be inexhaustible

   奧妙無窮／奥妙无穷  ―  àomiào wúqióng  ―  to be inexhaustibly profound

   道理無窮，學者先要不得有自足心。 [MSC, trad.]
   道理无穷，学者先要不得有自足心。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dàolǐ wúqióng, xuézhě xiān yàobudé yǒu zìzú xīn. [Pinyin]

   Truth is infinite; a scholar cannot afford to have a complacent attitude.

Related terms

• 無限／无限 (wúxiàn)
• 無盡／无尽 (wújìn)

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