麻木不仁

Chinese

		numb; without feeling; lacking sensitivity numb; without feeling; lacking sensitivity; apathetic	showing no mercy; inhumane; numb
trad. (麻木不仁)		麻木	不仁
simp. #(麻木不仁)		麻木	不仁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mámùbùrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁴ muk⁶ bat¹ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mámùbùrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mámùbùrén
    • Wade–Giles: ma²-mu⁴-pu⁴-jên²
    • Yale: má-mù-bù-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mamuhburen
    • Palladius: мамубужэнь (mamubužɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä³⁵ mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁴ muk⁶ bat¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: màh muhk bāt yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁴ muk⁹ bat⁷ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁴ mug⁶ bed¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː²¹ mʊk̚² pɐt̚⁵ jɐn²¹/

Idiom

麻木不仁

1. to be indifferent and apathetic; unconcerned and unsympathetic; callous to