不惑

Chinese edit

		not; no	confuse
simp. and trad. (不惑)		不	惑

Etymology edit

From the Analects:

子曰：「吾十有五而志於學，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳順，七十而從心所欲，不踰矩。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

子曰：「吾十有五而志于学，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳顺，七十而从心所欲，不逾矩。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Zǐyuē: “Wú shí yǒu wǔ ér zhì yú xué, sānshí ér lì, sìshí ér bùhuò, wǔshí ér zhī tiānmìng, liùshí ér ěr shùn, qīshí ér cóngxīnsuǒyù, bù yújǔ.” [Pinyin]

The Master said, "At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven. At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right.

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùhuò

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ waak⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-he̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùhuò [Phonetic: búhuò]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùhuò
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-huo⁴
  - Yale: bù-hwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhuoh
  - Palladius: бухо (buxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ waak⁶
  - Yale: bāt waahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ waak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ wag⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ waːk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-he̍k
  - Tâi-lô: put-hi̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: puthek
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ hiɪk̚⁴/

Verb edit

不惑

(literary) to be not confused

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

不惑

(literary, figurative) 40 years of age

Derived terms edit

年屆不惑／年届不惑