烏有

See also: 乌有

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
trad. (烏有)		烏	有
simp. (乌有)		乌	有

Etymology

Literally “not-have”; a fictional character in 子虛賦.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wūyǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ jau⁵
Min Nan (POJ): o͘-iú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wūyǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄧㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uyeou
  - IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ i̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu¹ jau⁵
  - Yale: wū yáuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ jau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ yeo⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-iú
  - Tâi-lô: oo-iú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: o'iuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ iu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁴¹/

Noun

烏有

(literary, figuratively) nonexistent person or thing; naught; nothing

Derived terms

付之烏有／付之乌有
化為烏有／化为乌有 (huàwéi wūyǒu)
子虛烏有／子虚乌有 (zǐxūwūyǒu)

烏有先生／乌有先生
烏有鄉／乌有乡 (“utopia”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
烏	有
う Jinmeiyō	ゆう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 烏有 (MC ʔuo ɦɨu^X).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) うゆう [ùyúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝjɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

烏有 (hiragana うゆう, rōmaji uyū, historical hiragana ういう)

nonexistence, nothing

Synonyms

皆 (かい)無 (む) (kaimu)

Idioms

烏 (う)有 (ゆう)に帰 (き)す (uyū ni kisu): to return something to nothingness
烏 (う)有 (ゆう)に属 (ぞく)す (uyū ni zokusu): to consign something to nothingness

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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