無處

Chinese

		not have	a place; location; spot a place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to stay; get along with; to be in a position of; deal with
trad. (無處)		無	處
simp. (无处)		无	处

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúchù

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄔㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ cyu³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúchù
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄔㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúchù
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-chʻu⁴
  - Yale: wú-chù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuchuh
  - Palladius: учу (uču)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ cyu³
  - Yale: mòuh chyu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ tsy³
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ qu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ t͡sʰyː³³/

Adverb

無處

nowhere
無處不在／无处不在 ― wúchùbùzài ― to be everywhere

Derived terms

一場官司一場火，任你好漢無處躲 / 一场官司一场火，任你好汉无处躲
無處不在 / 无处不在 (wúchùbùzài)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúchǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄔㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ cyu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúchǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄔㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúchǔ
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-chʻu³
  - Yale: wú-chǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuchuu
  - Palladius: учу (uču)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ cyu²
  - Yale: mòuh chyú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ tsy²
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ qu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ t͡sʰyː³⁵/

Verb

無處

to have no reason; to have no occasion
- 若於齊，則未有處也。無處而餽之，是貨之也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  若于齐，则未有处也。无处而馈之，是货之也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE
  Ruò yú Qí, zé wèi yǒu chǔ yě. Wúchǔ ér kuì zhī, shì huò zhī yě. [Pinyin]
  But when I was in Qi, I had no occasion for money. To send a man a gift when he has no occasion for it, is to bribe him.