無罪

See also: 无罪

Chinese

		not have	guilt; crime; fault guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
trad. (無罪)		無	罪
simp. (无罪)		无	罪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúzuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ zeoi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-chhui
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-chōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúzuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúzuèi
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-tsui⁴
    • Yale: wú-dzwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wutzuey
    • Palladius: уцзуй (uczuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ zeoi⁶
    • Yale: mòuh jeuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ dzoey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ zêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ t͡sɵy̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-chhui
    • Hakka Romanization System: mo^ˇ cui
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo² cui⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ t͡sʰu̯i⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-chōe
    • Tâi-lô: bô-tsuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boizoe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² t͡sue²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² t͡sue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² t͡sue²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sue³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ t͡sue³³/

Adjective

無罪

1. innocent; blameless; sinless
2. (criminal law) not guilty

   判定無罪／判定无罪  ―  pàndìng wúzuì  ―  to find not guilty

   無罪釋放／无罪释放  ―  wúzuì shìfàng  ―  to acquit

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “not guilty”): 有罪 (yǒuzuì)

Derived terms

• 無罪推定／无罪推定 (wúzuì tuīdìng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無罪):

• → Japanese: 無罪(むざい) (muzai)
• → Korean: 무죄(無罪) (mujoe)
• → Vietnamese: vô tội (無罪)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無	罪
む Grade: 4	ざい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

無(む)罪(ざい) • (muzai) 

1. innocence

Antonyms

• 有罪(ゆうざい) (yūzai): guilty

Korean

Hanja in this term
無	罪

Noun

無罪 • (mujoe) (hangeul 무죄)

1. hanja form^? of 무죄 (“innocence”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
無	罪

Adjective

無罪

1. chữ Hán form of vô tội (“innocent”).