無言

See also: 无言

Chinese

		not have	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (無言)		無	言
simp. (无言)		无	言

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúyán

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ jin⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): vù-ngièn / vù-ngiàn

(Hailu, HRS): vu ngien
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-giân / bô-gân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúyán
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-yen²
  - Yale: wú-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuyan
  - Palladius: уянь (ujanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    無言 / 无言
    無顏 / 无颜
    無鹽 / 无盐
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ jin⁴
  - Yale: mòuh yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ jiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vù-ngièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: vu^ˇ ngien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vu² ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /vu¹¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vù-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: vu^ˇ ngian^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vu² ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /vu¹¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: vu ngien
  - Sinological IPA: /vu⁵⁵ ŋien⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-giân
  - Tâi-lô: bô-giân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boi'gieen
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-gân
  - Tâi-lô: bô-gân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boi'gaan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² ɡan¹³/

Verb

無言

to have nothing to say; to be silent

Derived terms

啞口無言 / 哑口无言 (yǎkǒuwúyán)
啞然無言 / 哑然无言
嘿嘿無言 / 嘿嘿无言
木訥無言 / 木讷无言
杜口無言 / 杜口无言
桃李無言，下自成蹊 / 桃李无言，下自成蹊
無言不讎，無德不報 / 无言不雠，无德不报
無言以對 / 无言以对 (wúyányǐduì)
無言症 / 无言症
相對無言 / 相对无言
緘口無言 / 缄口无言
閉口無言 / 闭口无言
頓口無言 / 顿口无言 (dùnkǒuwúyán)
默默無言 / 默默无言

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無言):

→ Japanese: 無言(むげん) (mugen); 無言(むごん) (mugon)
→ Korean: 무언(無言) (mueon)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
無	言
む Grade: 4	ごん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) むごん [mùgóń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ɡõ̞ɴ]

Noun

無(む)言(ごん) • (mugon)

silence
その無言(むごん)は多(おお)くを語(かた)っている。
Sono mugon wa ōku o katatteiru.
That silence is saying much.

Derived terms

無言歌(むごんか) (mugonka)
無言劇(むごんげき) (mugongeki, “pantomime”)
無言交易(むごんこうえき) (mugon kōeki, “silent trade”)
無言症(むごんしょう) (mugonshō, “mutism”)
無言(むごん)の行(ぎょう) (mugon no gyō, “practising silence”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
無	言
む Grade: 4	げん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) むげん [mùgéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

無(む)言(げん) • (mugen)

silence

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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