無名

See also: 无名

Chinese

		not have	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (無名)		無	名
simp. (无名)		无	名
Literally: “to not have a name”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ ming⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vù-miàng
Min Nan (POJ): bû-bêng / bô-miâ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: wúmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuming
  - IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    [Show/Hide]
    ^edit
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    無名／无名
    無明／无明
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ ming⁴
  - Yale: mòuh mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ ming⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ mɪŋ²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    無名／无名
    無明／无明
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vù-miàng
  - Hakka Romanization System: vuˇ miangˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vu² miang²
  - IPA: /vu¹¹ mi̯aŋ¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-bêng
  - Tâi-lô: bû-bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bu'beeng
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-miâ
  - Tâi-lô: bô-miâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boimiaa
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² miã²⁴/

Adjective

無名

Antonyms

有名 (yǒumíng)

Derived terms

無名之輩／无名之辈
無名小卒／无名小卒 (wúmíng xiǎozú)
無名指／无名指 (wúmíngzhǐ)

無名氏／无名氏 (wúmíngshì)
無名火／无名火
無名英雄／无名英雄

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無名):

Japanese: 無 (む)名 (めい) (mumei)
Korean: 무명 (無名, mumyeong)
Vietnamese: vô danh (無名)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無	名
む Grade: 4	めい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 無名 (mju mjieng, literally “not have + name”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) むめー [mùméé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝme̞ː]

Noun

無名 (hiragana むめい, rōmaji mumei)

namelessness, anonymity
lack of fame, unnotability

Usage notes

Often used attributively to modify other nouns, using the particle の (no).

無 (む)名 (めい)の手紙 (てがみ)、無 (む)名 (めい)の新 (しん)人 (じん)
mumei no tegami, mumei no shinjin
a nameless (unsigned) letter; a nameless (unknown, not famous) new person

References

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

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