無端

See also: 无端

Chinese

		not have	end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth. level with both hands; to carry; regular
trad. (無端)		無	端
simp. (无端)		无	端

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúduān

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ dyun¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-tôn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bû-toan / bô-toaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ duang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúduān
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúduan
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-tuan¹
    • Yale: wú-dwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuduan
    • Palladius: удуань (uduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ tu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ dyun¹
    • Yale: mòuh dyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ dyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ dün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ tyːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-tôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: moˇ don´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo² don¹
    • Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ ton²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-toan
    • Tâi-lô: bû-tuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bu'doafn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² tuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² tuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² tuan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-toaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: bô-tuann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'dvoaf
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ tuã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ tuã⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bho⁵ duang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô tuang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tuaŋ³³/

Adjective

無端

1. gratuitous

Adverb

無端

1. for no reason