無我

Chinese

		not have	I; me
trad. (無我)		無	我
simp. (无我)		无	我

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúwǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ ngo⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-ngó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúwǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúwǒ
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-wo³
  - Yale: wú-wǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuwoo
  - Palladius: уво (uvo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ ngo⁵
  - Yale: mòuh ngóh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ ngo⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ ngo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ ŋɔː¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-ngó͘
  - Tâi-lô: bô-ngóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boingor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² ŋɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ ŋɔ̃⁴¹/

Noun

無我

(Buddhism) anatta

Derived terms

無我相經 / 无我相经

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無我):

→ Japanese: 無我(むが) (muga)
→ Korean: 무아(無我) (mua)
→ Vietnamese: vô ngã (無我)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “無我” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無	我
む Grade: 4	が Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ɡa̠]

Noun

無(む)我(が) • (muga)

(Buddhism) anatta

Korean

Hanja in this term
無	我

Noun

無我 • (mua) (hangeul 무아)

hanja form^? of 무아 (“anatta”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
無	我

Noun

無我

chữ Hán form of vô ngã (“(Buddhism) anatta”)