無緣無故
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See also: 无缘无故
Chinese
[edit]not have | along; predestined affinity; reason along; predestined affinity; reason; edge |
not have | happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old | ||
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trad. (無緣無故) | 無 | 緣 | 無 | 故 | |
simp. (无缘无故) | 无 | 缘 | 无 | 故 | |
Built on 緣故/缘故 (yuángù). |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): mou4 jyun4 mou4 gu3
- Gan (Wiktionary): u4 yon u4 gu4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-yèn-mò-ku / mò-yàn-mò-ku
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-iân-bô-kò͘
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄨˊ ㄍㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wúyuánwúgù
- Wade–Giles: wu2-yüan2-wu2-ku4
- Yale: wú-ywán-wú-gù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuyuanwuguh
- Palladius: уюаньугу (ujuanʹugu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ u³⁵ ku⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mou4 jyun4 mou4 gu3
- Yale: mòuh yùhn mòuh gu
- Cantonese Pinyin: mou4 jyn4 mou4 gu3
- Guangdong Romanization: mou4 yun4 mou4 gu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /mou̯²¹ jyːn²¹ mou̯²¹ kuː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: u4 yon u4 gu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /u³⁵ yɵn² u³⁵ ku³⁵/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-yèn-mò-ku
- Hakka Romanization System: moˇ ienˇ moˇ gu
- Hagfa Pinyim: mo2 yan2 mo2 gu4
- Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ i̯en¹¹ mo¹¹ ku⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-yàn-mò-ku
- Hakka Romanization System: moˇ (r)ianˇ moˇ gu
- Hagfa Pinyim: mo2 yan2 mo2 gu4
- Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ (j)i̯an¹¹ mo¹¹ ku⁵⁵/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-iân-bô-kò͘
- Tâi-lô: bô-iân-bô-kòo
- Phofsit Daibuun: boi'ienboi'kox
- IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² kɔ²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² iɛn¹³⁻²² bo¹³⁻²² kɔ²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔ¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ iɛn²³⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ kɔ²¹/
- (Hokkien)
Adverb
[edit]無緣無故
- without cause or reason; for no reason at all
- 世上決沒有無緣無故的愛,也沒有無緣無故的恨。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Shìshàng jué méiyǒu wúyuánwúgù de ài, yě méiyǒu wúyuánwúgù de hèn. [Pinyin]
- There is absolutely no such thing in the world as love or hatred without reason or cause.
世上决没有无缘无故的爱,也没有无缘无故的恨。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
[edit]- (Cantonese) 無啦啦/无啦啦, 無情情/无情情, 無端端/无端端 (wúduānduān), 無情白事/无情白事, 無端白事/无端白事, 無神神/无神神
- (Hokkien) 無因致端/无因致端, 無因端/无因端, 無事無白/无事无白, 無代無誌/无代无志, 無底無代/无底无代
- (Xiang) 無情冇事/无情冇事
See also
[edit]- 突然 (tūrán, “suddenly”)
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