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[1] negative; no; not; none [2] without; destitute of; wanting; [v] lack; have not [3] no matter what (or how); not yet [4] a Chinese family name Stroke count: 12
Level: 2
Radical: 火 (#86)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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無謂
mou4 wai6 = pointless; no point
無比
mou4 bei2 = beyond compare
無力
mou4 lik6 = powerless
無名
mou4 meng4 = nameless, obscure, unknown
無能
mou4 nang4 = incompetent, incapable, clueless; impotent
皆無
gaai1 mou4 = nothing; nix; zilch; nil
無可
mou4 ho2 = can't 粵
語無倫次
jyu5 mou4 leon4 ci3 = to utter nonsense
無所謂
mou4*2 so2 wai6 = inconsequential; don't care
古井無波
gu2 zeng2 mou4 bo1 = loss of sexual desireSee all 392 compounds (CantoDict reports 400 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 12 examples containing 無
真係無聊，我唔想玩落去啦！ 粵
You're being ridiculous, I don't want to mess around any more. [Lit. really nonsense, I not want play-continue [particle]. 落去 has the meaning of "continue" here and may be suffixed to many verbs.]
邊個叫佢眼高手低吖；無論佢嘅目標有幾崇高，佢都冇能力去做嘅。 粵
It's such a pity that no matter how big his aims are, he hasn't the ability to see them through.
講就天下無敵，做就無能為力。
[He] talks as if no one in the world could match him, but when he must act, he is completely incapable.
工作做唔晒，如果你要嚟幫，我會無任歡迎。 粵
Much work remains to be done. Any assistance that you can render is most welcome.
天真爛漫的孩子們過著無憂無慮的生活
Innocent children, unaffected by the surroundings, live without a worry in the world. Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/350/]無[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/350/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">無</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 無
Unicode code for this character: U+7121 (off-site link)
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HTML Code to link to this word:
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Decimal representation of this word: 無
Unicode code for this character: U+7121 (off-site link)
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