莫邪

Chinese

		do not; there is none who	daemonical; iniquitous; nefarious
trad. (莫邪)		莫	邪
simp. ^#(莫邪)		莫	邪
alternative forms		莫耶鏌耶／镆耶鏌鎁／镆𲈍鏌邪／镆邪鏌鋣／镆铘莫耶鏌耶／镆耶鏌鎁／镆𲈍鏌邪／镆邪鏌鋣／镆铘鏌釾／镆䥺

Etymology

Resemblance to Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz (“sword”) has been noted by some.^[1]

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Mòyé

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶ je⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Mòyé
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Mòyé
  - Wade–Giles: Mo⁴-yeh²
  - Yale: Mwò-yé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mohye
  - Palladius: Мое (Moje)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ jɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mok⁶ je⁴
  - Yale: mohk yèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹ je⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶ yé⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚² jɛː²¹/

Middle Chinese: mak yae

Rime
Character	莫	邪
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	慕各切	以遮切
Baxter	mak	yae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɑk̚/	/jia/
Pan Wuyun	/mɑk̚/	/jia/
Shao Rongfen	/mɑk̚/	/ia/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mak̚/	/jia/
Li Rong	/mɑk̚/	/ia/
Wang Li	/mɑk̚/	/jĭa/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mɑk̚/	/i̯a/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò	yé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mok⁶	je⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤak [ɢ](r)A/

(Zhengzhang): /*maːɡ laː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	莫	邪
Reading #	1/2	4/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mò	yé
Middle Chinese	‹ mak ›	‹ yæ ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁak/	/*[ɢ](r)A/
English	there is no X such that X	(interrogative particle)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莫	邪
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	9252	14197
Phonetic component	莫	牙
Rime group	鐸	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	莫	邪
Old Chinese	/*maːɡ/	/*laː/
Notes	從日在茻中，暮初文，小徐茻亦聲	俗作耶

Proper noun

莫邪

Mo Ye, wife of Gan Jiang (干將 (Gānjiāng)), a female swordsmith who lived during the Spring and Autumn period in Chinese history.
(historical) Mo Ye, one of a pair of legendary swords made by this swordsmith couple.

Noun

莫邪

(literary, figurative) any sharp sword

Derived terms

干將莫邪 (gānjiāng-mòyé)
莫邪鈍，鉛刀銛 / 莫邪钝，铅刀铦

References

^ Language Log – Of precious swords and Old Sinitic reconstructions (part 1, part 2).