無謂

See also: 无谓

Chinese

		not have	speak of
trad. (無謂)		無	謂
simp. (无谓)		无	谓

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ wai⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bû-ūi / bô-ūi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúwèi
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-wei⁴
  - Yale: wú-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuwey
  - Palladius: увэй (uvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    無味 / 无味
    無畏 / 无畏
    無謂 / 无谓
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ wai⁶
  - Yale: mòuh waih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ wai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ wei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ wɐi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-ūi
  - Tâi-lô: bû-uī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bu'ui
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² ui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² ui²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² ui²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-ūi
  - Tâi-lô: bô-uī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boi'ui
  - IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ui³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ ui³³/

Middle Chinese: mju hjw+jH

Rime
Character	無	謂
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武夫切	于貴切
Baxter	mju	hjw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo/	/ɦʉi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/	/ɦʷɨi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/	/ɣiuəi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/	/ɦuj^H/
Li Rong	/mio/	/ɣiuəi^H/
Wang Li	/mĭu/	/ɣĭwəi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯u/	/we̯i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou⁴	wai⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ma [ɢ]ʷə[t]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ma ɢuds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	無	謂
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wú	wèi
Middle Chinese	‹ mju ›	‹ hjw+j^H ›
Old Chinese	/*ma/	/*[ɢ]ʷə[t]-s/
English	not have	say, tell, call
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	無	謂
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13117	12943
Phonetic component	無	胃
Rime group	魚	隊
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	無	胃
Old Chinese	/*ma/	/*ɢuds/

Adjective

無謂

pointless; idle
講啲無謂嘢／讲啲无谓嘢 [Cantonese] ― gong² di¹ mou⁴ wai⁶ je⁵ [Jyutping] ― talk about nonsense things