無緣

Chinese

		not have	along; predestined affinity; reason along; predestined affinity; reason; edge
trad. (無緣)		無	緣
simp. (无缘)		无	缘

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ jyun⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-yèn / mò-yàn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bû-iân / bô-iân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúyuán
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-yüan²
  - Yale: wú-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuyuan
  - Palladius: уюань (ujuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ jyun⁴
  - Yale: mòuh yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ jyːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-yèn
  - Hakka Romanization System: mo^ˇ ien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mo² yan²
  - Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ i̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-yàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: mo^ˇ (r)ian^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mo² yan²
  - Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ (j)i̯an¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-iân
  - Tâi-lô: bû-iân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bu'ieen
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² iɛn¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-iân
  - Tâi-lô: bô-iân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boi'ieen
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ iɛn²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ iɛn²⁴/

Verb

無緣

to have not the chance or luck (to do something)
to have no way (of doing something); to not be in a position (to do something)